US 7,392,329 B2
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING AN ACTION INITIATED FOR A PORTION OF A PLURALITY OF DEVICES TO ALL OF THE PLURALITY OF DEVICESGeneral
US 7,392,329 B2
SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR APPLYING AN ACTION INITIATED FOR A PORTION OF A PLURALITY OF DEVICES TO ALL OF THE PLURALITY OF DEVICES
Tech Center:
2100 Computer Architecture and Software
Examiner:
Tammara Peyton
Art Unit:
2182 Computer Architecture and I/O
Agent:
Inventors:
Scott Lynn Michaelis; Marvin J. Spinhirne
Assignee:
Priority:
03/28/03
Filed:
03/28/03
Granted:
06/24/08
Expiration:
10/01/25
Abstract
In accordance with one embodiment of the present invention, a method of applying an action initiated for a portion of a plurality of devices to all of the plurality of devices is provided. The method comprises establishing a status block for a plurality of devices that are implemented on a system, and initiating an action for a portion of the plurality of devices. The method further comprises writing information to the status block identifying that the action was initiated, and based at least in part on the information written to the status block, applying the action to all of the plurality of devices.
Cooperative Patent Classification (CPC)
G06G06F15/177G06F