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Software licensing for spare processors

  • US 20040044630A1
  • Filed: 08/30/2002
  • Published: 03/04/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/30/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling a right to use a computational component, comprising:

  • (a) providing a primary computational component and at least one backup computational component, wherein when the primary computational component is in an operational mode the backup computational component is in a standby mode;

    (b) receiving a notification that the primary computational component is no longer in the operational mode;

    (c) reading a timer associated with the backup computational component, (i) when the value of the timer is not at least a first value, permitting the backup computational component to change to the operational mode and (ii) when the value of the timer is the at least a first value, not permitting the backup computational component to change to the operational mode.

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