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7441112 Offloading the processing of a network protocol stack  
A computer system is partitioned during a pre-boot phase of the computer system between a first partition and a second partition, wherein the first partition to include a first processing unit and...
7440998 Provisioning for a modular server  
A modular server includes a computer system having dedicated resources and a BIOS configuration agent, blades and a backplane connecting the computer system to the blades.
7437546 Multiple, cooperating operating systems (OS) platform system and method  
Embodiments of a multi-processor platform including multiple, cooperating operating systems are described. Multiple operating systems, each of which may be of a different type or nature, run on...
7437198 Information processing apparatus and method of controlling the same  
According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus provided with a communication section, and capable of communicating with an external device, the information processing apparatus...
7437545 Apparatus and system for the autonomic configuration of a storage device  
An apparatus and system are disclosed for autonomically configuring a data storage device. A storage module stores configuration data on a remote storage system that may include operating systems,...
7437547 Method and computer program product for offloading processing tasks from software to hardware  
Offloading specific processing tasks that would otherwise be performed in a computer system's processor and memory, to a peripheral device. The computing task is then performed by the peripheral,...
7434231 Methods and apparatus to protect a protocol interface  
Methods and apparatus to protect a protocol interface are described herein. In an example method, a driver request is received during an operation phase of firmware in a processor system. The...
7434041 Infrastructure for verifying configuration and health of a multi-node computer system  
A verification infrastructure uses a verification tool with a user interface with which a user may interact to verify an application and/or its platform. The user may enter the same set of commands...
7434201 Method and apparatus providing for extendable interaction between firmware and operating systems on digital devices  
A method, memory system, and program product is described for providing extended functions in a digital device conforming to an intercompartment language specification. The method involves...
7434042 Apparatus, method and recording medium for starting up data processing system  
A data processing system comprised of multiplexed boot devices storing operating systems so that when a device of a master system cannot be used for startup, a device of a slave system is forcibly...
7430659 System and method to initialize a multiple function device with a multi-part boot algorithm  
A method for “booting up” a multiple function device that involves first detecting the activation of the multiple function device. A 1 st boot algorithm, retrieved from read-only memory, is...
7430592 Method for heterogeneous system configuration  
A method for provisioning systems within a solution which includes mapping a physical identifier of a component within a system to a logical identifier of the component within a system and mapping...
7430668 Protection of the configuration of modules in computing apparatus  
A method of protecting from modification computer apparatus comprising a plurality of functional modules by monitoring the configuration of functional modules within the computer apparatus. The...
7430658 Method and apparatus for controlling a processor in a data processing system  
Method and apparatus for controlling a processor in a data processing system is described. In an example, the processor is maintained in a halt condition in response to reset information received...
7430664 System and method for securely providing a configuration file over and open network  
A method for securely provisioning a device for operation within a service provider infrastructure over an open network comprises the device establishing physical and data link layer network...
7430660 Data transmission apparatus, system and method, and image processing apparatus  
A data transmission system where an image providing device and a printer are directly connected by a 1394 serial bus, a command is sent from the image providing device to the printer, then a...
7430661 System and method of storing user data in a partition file or using a partition file containing user data  
A system comprises non-volatile storage, a read only memory (ROM) that contains an executable BIOS and a CPU communicatively coupled to the non-volatile storage and the ROM. The non-volatile...
7428633 Embedded device and method of initializing the same  
An embedded device and an initialization method of the same in which a data loss warning and a reset mode selection menu is displayed, in response to a hard reset command to allow a user to confirm...
7428634 Retrieval of services by attribute  
An automatic method and apparatus for providing services on a computer system. A set of services is established providing different functionality for the computer system. With each of the set of...
7426633 System and method for reflashing disk drive firmware  
There is provided a system and a method for reflashing disk drive firmware. Specifically, there is provided a method comprising storing a firmware flash image in a storage area on a disk drive,...
7426592 Management function setting method for intelligent platform management interface  
A management function setting method for dynamically setting a plurality of management functions of an intelligent platform management interface (IPMI) of a computer system, allows a system manager...
7426632 Clock distribution for interconnect structures  
Some embodiments of the invention include an interconnect structure having a plurality of connector circuits to transfer messages among a number of devices. Each of the connector circuits includes...
7424604 Weighted processor selection apparatus and method for use in multiprocessor systems  
A processor programmed to write to a memory location a first weighted value corresponding to the processor to overwrite a second weighted value stored in the memory location and associated with...
RE40497 Communication system which dynamically switches sizes of sample buffer between first size for quick response time and second size for robustness to interrupt latency  
An apparatus for and method of implementing a novel buffer ba full duplex communication system is disclosed. The disclosed invention is particularly useful in native sign processing systems wherein...
7424623 Personal computer integrated with personal digital assistant  
A personal computer (PC) adapted to function as a personal digital assistant (PDA) includes: a central processing unit (CPU) responsive to a control signal to load a first operating system or a...
7424603 Method and apparatus to store initialization and configuration information  
Briefly, in accordance with an embodiment of the invention, an apparatus and method to store initialization and configuration information is provided. The method may include storing basic...
7424601 Methods and systems for running multiple operating systems in a single mobile device  
Methods and systems for running multiple operating systems in a single embedded or mobile device (include PDA, cellular phone and other devices) are disclosed. The invention allows a mobile device...
7424602 Application system configuration packages  
Various embodiments described herein relate to systems, software, and methods of utilizing application system configuration packages. Some such embodiments include maintaining a representation of...
7421620 Configuration proxy service for the extended firmware interface environment  
A method of abstracting information through object interfaces is described. The object interfaces are used to present platform device information in a pre-boot service environment. Firmware tables...
7421574 Method for auto-executing and booting-host computer through semiconductor storage device  
The present invention relates to a method of realizing automatic executing and starting host computer by using semiconductor storage device. By judging the characteristics of the operating system...
7421516 System and method for multi-vendor authentication to remotely activate a software-based option  
A system and method are provided to remotely activate options resident on a multi-vendor supported device. The technique includes receiving, at a centralized facility, an activation key sent from a...
7421575 Configuring a physical platform in a reconfigurable data center  
A description of components in a reconfigurable data center is received. A set of components from the description is selected for a physical platform based on a logical platform specification.
7421573 Apparatus and method for updating firmware  
The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for updating firmware of an embedded controller (EC) constituted in portable machinery. Embodiments of the present invention can set...
7418586 Method and apparatus for assigning devices to a partition  
Devices in a processing system may be managed by performing a first scan of a bus of the processing system from a first partition. In one embodiment, the first scan may discover location...
7418588 Method and apparatus for redirecting a local boot request to a remote location  
A method and an apparatus are provided to remote boot a diskiess computer on a WAN. The remote boot apparatus is constructed as an embedded interface in the computer. The remote boot apparatus has...
7418589 System and method for updating a basic input/output system  
A system for updating a basic input/output system (BIOS) includes a server ( 1 ) and a client computer ( 2 ) having a serial port ( 21 ). The server includes a storage ( 10 ) and a BIOS loading...
7418587 Compound computer machine and management method of compound computer machine  
A compound computer machine in which a plurality of modules are installed in one casing and in which trouble of management in combining modules to construct a computer machine is reduced. In the...
7418604 System and method for powering on after verifying proper operation of a charge pump and voltage regulator  
Embodiments of methods, apparatuses, devices and systems associated with a power management system are disclosed. In one such embodiment, a power management system includes a state machine, capable...
7418590 Information handling system for storing basic input output system configurations  
An information handling system (“IHS”) includes a processor and a memory device for storing instructions processable by the processor for causing the IHS to determine whether configuration of a...
7415545 Method and apparatus for dynamic link driver configuration  
A method and apparatus embodied in transaction layer software suitable for use with serial bus devices, such as IEEE standard 1394 serial bus devices for supporting multiple link device drivers....
7415603 Method and system of configuring media units from different vendors using a single bulk configuration file  
A method and system of configuring media units. The method and system may include a bulk configuration file having instructions for configuring the media units. The bulk configuration file include...
7413129 USB device with secondary USB on-the-go function  
A USB device includes first and second communications ports and a processor operable for configuring the first communications port for connecting to a USB host and configuring the second...
7412545 Apparatus and method for updating I/O capability of a logically-partitioned computer system  
A hosting partition update mechanism allows updating the I/O capability of a logically-partitioned computer system in a way that minimally affects the performance and availability of I/O in the...
7412595 Customization of electronic devices via pre-boot space  
Methods and apparatuses for maintaining customization information for an electronic device in an operating system independent component that may be accessed prior to completion of a boot up process...
7412594 Method and apparatus for managing data access and storage of data located on multiple storage devices  
An apparatus and method for accessing a data item from a storage system having a plurality of data storage devices are disclosed. I/O operation requests are submitted to multiple data storage...
7412597 Computer system and booting method thereof  
A computer system and a booting method thereof are disclosed. The computer system contains a storage device for storing a booting system and a multi-tasking kernel; and a microprocessor coupled to...
7409719 Computer security management, such as in a virtual machine or hardened operating system  
A security scheme provides security to one or more self-contained operating environment instances executing on a computer. The security scheme may include implementing a set of security...
7409539 System design and code update strategy to implement a self-healing, self-verifying system  
The present invention relates to boot code processing of a computer system, and in particular to a method and respective system for managing boot code of a computer system, wherein the system...
7409709 Systems and methods for automatically reconfiguring a network device  
Systems and methods are disclosed for automatically configuring, managing, and maintaining a network device or VPN using a public network such as the Internet. Initial configuration of a network...
7409435 Integrated services hub binary file trial run process  
The present invention discloses a method of automatically downloading and testing binary code for a customer premises telecommunications hub. When a new binary file is received by the hub, it is...