Patent ID: 8453160

Claim:
A method for authorizing a command of an integrated modular hardware environment in which a plurality of partitions control actions of a plurality of effectors, the method comprising the steps of: retrieving, from a memory of the integrated modular hardware environment, a first identifier identifying a first partition of the plurality of partitions from which the command originated; receiving a command message, the command message including the command and a second identifier, the second identifier identifying a first effector of the plurality of effectors for which the command is intended; retrieving, from the memory of the integrated modular hardware environment, a third identifier using the received second identifier via a look-up table stored in the memory of the integrated modular hardware environment following the receiving of the command message, the third identifier identifying a second partition of the plurality of partitions that is responsible for controlling the first effector; and comparing the first identifier and the third identifier to determine whether the first partition is the same as the second partition for authorization of the command.