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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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