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Method, system, and article of manufacture for storing device information

US7831623B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateOct 30, 2007
Grant dateNov 9, 2010
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Expiry dateNov 10, 2028

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG06F3/0676
  • WIPO fieldComputer technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein a plurality of references to a plurality of files corresponding to a plurality of devices are stored in a data structure implemented in a computational device, wherein the computational device is coupled to the plurality of devices via a network. Access is enabled to the data structure to a distributed application, wherein the distributed application uses a stored reference in the data structure to determine a file corresponding to a device, and wherein the distributed application performs data transfer operations with the device via the determined file.

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