Patent ID: 7856495
Filing Date: 2010-12-21
Classification: H05K

Abstract:
1. A method of identifying locations of a plurality of computing devices in a computing environment, comprising the steps of: generating a first temperature-indicative map of the plurality of computing devices while the plurality of computing devices is in a first mode; overlaying the first temperature-indicative map with a facility map associated with the computing environment; placing a first one of the plurality of computing devices into a second mode; generating a second temperature-indicative map of the plurality of computing devices while the first one of the plurality of computing devices is in the second mode and the remainder of the plurality of computing devices is in the first mode; overlaying the second temperature-indicative map with the facility map associated with the computing environment; and comparing the first temperature-indicative map with the second temperature-indicative map to determine a location of the first one of the plurality of computing devices.