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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...
7293169 Methods and systems for remotely updating the firmware of multiple computers over a distributed network  
These systems and methods make use of operating system dependent applications that allow remote updates to firmware stored on network attached remote computers. Updates to the remote computers may...
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...
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...
7293078 System and method for provisioning a provisionable network device with a dynamically generated boot file using a server  
A system and method for provisioning provisionable network devices with a dynamically created boot file using a server. A dynamic configuration server (DCS) generates one or more boot file...
7293266 Plurality of loader modules with a CO- ordinator module where selected loader module executes and each loader module execute  
Software loading is effected by means of a header 40 and software modules STUB 1 , STUB 2 etc. The header 40 calls each stub in appropriate order, installing the stub in a loader region 42 ,...
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...
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...
7290128 Fault resilient boot method for multi-rail processors in a computer system by disabling processor with the failed voltage regulator to control rebooting of the processors  
Fault resilient booting of complex multi-rail processors in an information handling system insures that all processor voltage rails are functioning properly before any processor fetches operating...
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...
7286976 Emulation of circuits with in-circuit memory  
Methods and apparatuses for emulating a circuit design that includes an in-circuit memory. Sets of reconfigurable logic resources are configured to emulate a logic element of a circuit, where the...
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,...
7286886 Safety controller and method for loading a new operating program onto the safety controller  
The invention relates to a safety controller and to a method for loading a new operating program onto such a safety controller. The safety controller has an input module for automatically reading...
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...
7284084 ROM scan memory expander  
A method and system for booting up multiple PCI peripheral devices, such that the number of bootable PCI peripheral devices is not limited by the amount of computer system memory that is dedicated...
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...
7284225 Embedding a hardware object in an application system  
Various approaches for interfacing an application-independent hardware object with an application system are disclosed. The various approaches involve instantiating a first object that contains at...
7284120 Method and system for allowing a system under test (SUT) to boot a plurality of operating systems without a need for local media  
A computer manufacturing system is disclosed. The computer manufacturing system comprises a system under test (SUT), the SUT including a network adapter and a boot loader for loading the...
7283726 System for playing DVDs and method for controlling analog TV signal output thereof  
A method for controlling analog TV signal output in a computer system. First, the analog TV signal output port is disabled when the computer system boots. A signal output control interface is...
7281125 Securing sensitive configuration data remotely  
A method, computer program product and computer system for securing alterable data. A computer that is remotely managed may be equipped with a protected storage that is accessible only by BIOS...
7281126 Method of installing an image on a client over a network securely using a wanboot binary and a kernel to install the image  
A method for installing an image on a client including obtaining a wanboot binary from the boot server, determining whether the wanboot binary is valid, obtaining a security payload from the boot...
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...
7281068 Wireless-boot diskless mobile computing  
A disk management server (“DMS”), to manage a remote storage device; a wireless communication network; and a mobile computer create a system for secure remote booting of a mobile computer's...
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...
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...
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...
7275153 Booting and boot code update system using boot strapper code to select between a loader and a duplicate backup loader  
Disclosed are a method and system for booting and boot code update, which store a boot strapper that causes a boot loader or a backup boot loader to be selectively executed during booting and the...
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...
7275152 Firmware interfacing with network protocol offload engines to provide fast network booting, system repurposing, system provisioning, system manageability, and disaster recovery  
A system and method to quickly and efficiently transfer data over a network to a processing system during a pre-boot runtime of the processing system. During a pre-boot runtime of the processing...
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...
7272711 Recording/reproducing apparatus and method for updating firmware of the apparatus  
In a recording/reproducing apparatus capable of communicating with a data transmission site and the other apparatus through a network, a control unit controls the recording and reproducing of the...
7272741 Hardware coordination of power management activities  
Systems and methods of managing power provide for receiving notification of a pending power state transition and using coordination hardware to determine whether the power state transition in a...
7269725 Autonomic binding of subsystems to system to prevent theft  
A method is provided of uniquely binding, through connection, a subsystem device having restricted information space for storing code, to a system having a structure for generating and delivering a...
7269721 Method, system, and apparatus for booting with remote configuration data  
Method, apparatus and computer software provide for the loading of configuration data from a remote source to set the initial configuration of a computing system during a boot process. One or more...
7269723 Reducing the boot time of a client device in a client device/data center environment  
A method, computer program product and system for reducing the boot time of a client device in a client device/data center environment. A profile of the client device, which includes information...
7266680 Method and apparatus for loading configuration data  
A system is provided for configuring a configurable device. The system includes an internal bus in communication with registers and to a configuration circuit. The configuration circuit may include...
7266679 System and method for reducing instability in an information handling system  
A system and method for reducing instability in an information handling system are disclosed. A method includes detecting a configuration change of a first memory device. Next, the method...