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Hierarchical approach to indentifying changing device characteristics

  • US 6,701,392 B1
  • Filed: 11/30/2001
  • Issued: 03/02/2004
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2001
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of accessing a device, comprising:

  • obtaining status information that indicates how to access the device;

    examining at least a portion of the status information to determine if configuration of the device has changed;

    if the configuration of the device has not changed, accessing stored configuration data from a first memory, wherein the first memory is not accessible to all of a plurality of processors; and

    if the configuration of the device has changed, accessing new configuration information from a second memory and updating the stored configuration data with the new configuration information, wherein the second memory is accessible to all of the plurality of processors.

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