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