Method and device for configuring functional capabilities in a data processing system
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1. A method for configuring functional capabilities in a data processing system comprising entitlement data in a non-volatile storage, the method comprising:
- determining the position of said data processing system;
based on said position, changing functional capabilities based on position information comprised in said entitlement data, wherein changing is selected from the group consisting of enabling, disabling, and a combination thereof; and
wherein said entitlement data comprises at least one flag, a resource limit field, a time limit field, and a token field.
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Abstract
Configuring functional capabilities in a data processing system comprising entitlement data in a non-volatile storage. The position of the data processing system is determined. Based on said position, functional capabilities are changed based on position information comprised in the entitlement data. Changing functional capabilities consists of enabling functional capabilities, disabling functional capabilities, and both enabling and disabling functional capabilities.
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1. A method for configuring functional capabilities in a data processing system comprising entitlement data in a non-volatile storage, the method comprising:
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determining the position of said data processing system; based on said position, changing functional capabilities based on position information comprised in said entitlement data, wherein changing is selected from the group consisting of enabling, disabling, and a combination thereof; and wherein said entitlement data comprises at least one flag, a resource limit field, a time limit field, and a token field. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A computer program product for configuring functional capabilities in a data processing system comprising entitlement data in a non-volatile storage, the computer program product comprising:
a computer usable medium having computer usable program code embodied therewith, the computer usable program code comprising computer usable program code configured to; determining the position of said data processing system; based on said position, changing functional capabilities based on position information comprised in said entitlement data, wherein changing is selected from the group consisting of enabling, disabling, and a combination thereof; and wherein said entitlement data comprises at least one flag, a resource limit field, a time limit field, and a token field.
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15. A device for configuring functional capabilities in a data processing system, said data processing system comprising:
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entitlement data in a non-volatile storage, wherein said entitlement data comprises at least one flag, a resource limit field, a time limit field, and a token field; position detecting means for determining the position of said data processing system; and means responsive to said position detecting means for changing functional capabilities based on position information comprised in said entitlement data, wherein changing is selected from the group consisting of enabling, disabling, and a combination thereof. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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