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7302522 Optimizing I/O performance in a RAID subsystem using an adaptive maximum request size for a logical drive  
Disclosed is an adaptive maximum request size process to change the maximum request size for a RAID system in order to reflect the highest possible maximum request size permitted by the RAID type...
7302558 Systems and methods to facilitate the creation and configuration management of computing systems  
Systems and methods are provided to facilitate the creation and configuration management of computing systems. According to some embodiments, component and configuration information associated with...
7302596 Circuit capable of updating power supply specification of microprocessor and method thereof  
A circuit capable of updating the power supply specification of microprocessor and a method thereof are proposed. The circuit is disposed on a computer motherboard, and makes use of downloaded...
7302546 Method, system, and article of manufacture for reserving memory  
Provided are a method, system, and article of manufacture, wherein in certain embodiments, a plurality of logical memory blocks corresponding to a memory in a computational device are allocated. An...
7302559 Memory dump program boot method and mechanism, and computer-readable storage medium  
A memory dump program boot method includes the steps of defining, in non-volatile variables that are managed by a boot firmware of a computer system, boot information of a plurality of stand-alone...
7302594 Query of bios-stored value to determine user intent at return to active state  
A computer BIOS stores a value indicative of which of several hardware components has caused the computer to return to an active state. The OS is configured, as part of a system boot or other...
7299344 Setup support system, physical access driver, and setup support method  
A physical access driver provides, to a setup support utility, a function of invoking a physical access routine prepared in a basic input/output system (BIOS) to access physically an hard disk...
7299467 Method and system for minimizing memory access latency in a computer system  
A computer system includes a plurality of nodes coupled together wherein each node may comprise a processor and memory. The system may also include a plurality of software objects usable by any of...
7299346 Method and apparatus to minimize computer apparatus initial program load and exit/shut down processing  
A method to reduce and thereby improve the initial program load time of a computing apparatus operating system and thus provides for near instantaneous user interaction. When practicing the instant...
7296144 Method of traceless portable application execution  
When a non-volatile memory device is reversibly operationally connected to a computer, the computer executes an application that is stored on the device. The execution causes changes to a...
7296143 Method and system for loading processor boot code from serial flash memory  
Method and system for loading processor boot code from a serial flash memory device. A code fetch request is received from a processor, the code fetch request requesting a portion of boot code to...
7296142 Multi-tiered retry scheme for reading copies of information from a storage medium  
Minimal and maximal numbers are established defining two levels of retry attempts to read system information from a storage medium. Multiple copies of the system information are stored on the...
7293204 Computer peripheral connecting interface system configuration debugging method and system  
A computer peripheral connecting interface system configuration debugging method and system is proposed, which is designed for use in conjunction with a computer platform that is equipped with a...
7293168 System and method for initially configuring and booting a device using a device identifier  
The unique identifier (UID) boot system provides a system and method for booting a network connected processing system. Briefly described, one embodiment is a method comprising receiving a UID, the...
7293166 Method of indicating a format of accessing an operating system contained on a USB memory device  
One embodiment of a bootable Universal Serial Bus (USB) memory device system provides a system and method for booting a processor using a bootable solid-state memory device. Briefly described, the...
7293115 Internet-aware agent for automatically updating applications without executing the application  
A method and system thereof for updating applications installed on a computer system. Each application supplies the name of a source (e.g., a Web site address) from which updates can be obtained....
7293170 Changing the personality of a device by intercepting requests for personality information  
A method and system for a target to adopt the personality of a source without loading the personality information of the source onto the target is provided. The personality system extracts...
7293167 Method and apparatus for driving a non-native SATA hard disk  
A method and apparatus for driving a non-native SATA hard disk applied in a computer is provided. The computer includes a basic input/output system (BIOS) and an operating system (OS), both of...
7293165 BMC-hosted boot ROM interface  
A baseboard management controller (BMC) integrated circuit hosts a BIOS ROM interface. The BMC includes a bus interface responsive to an access to an address range associated with host operations,...
7293117 Self-installing peripheral device with memory wherein in response to user request for additional storage peripheral device being configured to remove installation software stored on memory  
A self-installing peripheral device is provided. The device includes an onboard memory that stores a device driver that enables the device to communicate with a computer operating system. When the...
7290081 Apparatus and method for implementing a ROM patch using a lockable cache  
A ROM patching apparatus for use in a data processing system that executes instruction code stored in the ROM. The ROM patching apparatus comprises: 1) a patch buffer for storing a first...
7290126 One-chip microcomputer with multiple timers  
The present invention provides a one-chip microcomputer that can realize the control of cooling equipment, the control of the brightness of a display device, and the control of the charge and...
7290127 System and method of remotely initializing a local processor  
A system and method of initializing a core processing circuit are disclosed. The core processing circuit is held in a reset state while a reset vector is loaded to one or more registers at a boot...
7290065 Method, system and product for serializing hardware reset requests in a software communication request queue  
A system, method, and product are disclosed in a data processing system for serializing hardware reset requests in a software communication request queue in a processor card. The processor card...
7290125 Method for scheduling launch a computer system based upon a time of timed power-on partition of logical partitions  
Methods, systems, and media for timed power-on in a logically partitioned environment are disclosed. Embodiments may disclose determining a time period based upon a time to launch a partition and a...
7287153 Processing of processor performance state information  
A basic input/output system (BIOS) evaluates a plurality of performance state data that is stored in a disposable memory to determine if one of the plurality matches a set of processor criteria,...
7287154 Electronic boot up system and method  
An electronic processing boot up system and method are presented. The electronic processing boot up system and method can utilize ROM emulation to store bootstrap instructions and to facilitate...
7287115 Multi-chip package type memory system  
A multichip package type memory system is disclosed, which comprises a plurality of types of memory integrated circuits which are provided in a memory system in a package having an internal bus,...
7287099 System for support of remote console by emulation of local console with multipath data flow structure  
Numerous shortcomings exist in prior generation adapter cards for supporting remote consoles for multipartition computer systems. Emulation using memory in the adapter card supports some remote...
7287155 Storage control system and boot control system  
A PLD is interposed on the communication route between a microprocessor (hereinbelow called MP) and boot memories. The boot memories store MP start-up data needed to start up the MP and start-up...
7284042 Device plug-in system for configuring network device over a public network  
The present invention provides device configuration and policy configuration data to network devices over a public network, e.g., the internet. A secure communication link is first established over...
7284246 Extensible device driver  
A device driver module for supporting the use of an external device by a computing device which executes an operating system, the device driver module including an initialization portion which is...
7284110 Configuration size determination in logically partitioned environment  
Method, apparatus and article of manufacture for determining memory requirements for a partition manager based on a given configuration. In one embodiment, a quantity of memory required for each of...
7284136 Methods and apparatus for implementing a secure resume  
Methods and apparatus for implementing a secure resume are disclosed. In an example, a method of securely resuming operation of a processor from a low power state to an active state includes...
7281104 System and method for online data migration  
A method of changing storage drive contents includes changing, in an operating system, a main storage driver to create a virtual storage driver, wherein the virtual storage driver redirects access...
7281127 Concurrent processing of operations in a boot sequence to initialize a storage device including an operating system loader to load  
Provided are a method, system, and program for concurrent processing of operations in a boot sequence. A first processor signals a second processor to begin initialization and initializes computer...
7281124 Establishing a virtual drive accessible to pre-boot and operating system runtime phases  
A method, system and article of manufacture to establish a virtual drive accessible to pre-boot and operating system runtime phases. A virtual drive is constructed from a physical storage device of...
7278041 Data processing system and method  
The present invention relates to a data processing system and method in which an indicator is used to provide an indication of whether or not it is safe to maintain the data processing system....
7278016 Encryption/decryption of stored data using non-accessible, unique encryption key  
Encryption and decryption of data stored from a computing system to a storage medium is disclosed wherein the processing employs a non-accessible encryption key that is unique to the computing...
7278144 System and method for managing operating system option values  
A method for managing operating system option values includes receiving a request to perform a function involving an option value in a computing device. The computing device is one of a plurality...
7278015 Methods and devices for DRAM initialization  
A device for DRAM initialization of a computer system. A detection circuit detects memory condition and outputs a fast initialization signal. A buffer stores initialization parameters of the...
7277947 System and method for supporting ongoing activities and relocating the ongoing activities from one terminal to another terminal  
The invention relates to a system for supporting a plurality of activities which includes a plurality of terminals for interacting with said activities. The system allows the user to relocate...
7275151 Nodelay per port  
Methods, systems, and media are disclosed for improved granularity of a response-request communication on a networked computer system. One example embodiment includes receiving the request-response...
7275150 Method and system for adding frequently selected applications to a computer startup sequence  
A computer system includes an automatic startup configuration utility running in a startup sequence to update the startup sequence according to the actions of a user in launching applications...
7272710 Configuration aware pre-fetch switch setting by BIOS based on the number of CPUs and cache size  
A default setting, associated with speculative transfers of information from a main memory to a cache memory, is selected for a system based on the number of CPUs and the size of instruction and/or...
7272815 Methods and apparatus for control configuration with versioning, security, composite blocks, edit selection, object swapping, formulaic values and other aspects  
Methods and apparatus for configuring process, environmental, industrial and other control systems generate and/or utilize models representing configurations of control systems and/or the systems...
7272549 Restoring base configuration on software testing computer  
A method of testing computer software. A test computer has a base configuration, which is imaged to a removable hard drive. The base configuration is then stored in data storage of a master...
7272706 Software upgrade over a USB connection  
The present invention is related to an electronics device, such as a modem, having an interface operable with a complete protocol stack code in normal operation, and comprising a non-volatile...
7272708 System for configuration of dynamic computing environments using a visual interface  
The present invention discloses a user interface for creating a dynamic computing environment using allocateable resources. The interface enables the fast, efficient selection and configuration of...
7272709 Using chip select to specify boot memory  
A synchronous Flash memory device is described that enhances initialization and boot memory device identification in synchronous memory systems. A boot memory is typically a separate device that is...