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7447894 |
Microcomputer having a nonvolatile memory which stores a plurality of BIOSes
A microcomputer capable of reducing a board area, enhancing the security, and improving the usability is provided. A microcomputer to be used in a notebook PC is disclosed, in which programs of a...
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7447898 |
System and method for bios setup
An exemplary method for BIOS setup includes the steps of: setting selectable options of device configurations according to parameter ranges of device configurations of the BIOS, each selectable...
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7447895 |
BIOS locking device, computer system with a BIOS locking device and control method thereof
A BIOS locking device is connected to a BIOS chip of a computer apparatus to control a BIOS booting procedure. The computer apparatus communicates with a USB controller of the locking device via a...
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7447900 |
Method and a system for designating a user selected console device as the primary console device for a particular computer
Methods and systems for designating a user selected console device as the primary console device for a particular computer are provided. In one embodiment, information indicating which potential...
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7444436 |
Memory option card having predetermined number of activation/deactivation codes for selectively activating and deactivating option functions for a medical device
A device such as for example a electronic medical device has a memory that has prestored therein a number of programs or routines for performing various functions. Some of those functions are...
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7444503 |
Method and apparatus for delivering device drivers
A method and apparatus for delivering a device driver to an operating system without user intervention. One or more operating systems (e.g., different operating system programs, different versions...
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7444393 |
Read-only storage device having network interface, a system including the device, and a method of distributing files over a network
A Read-only storage device having network interface, a system including the device, and a method of distributing files over a network. The storage device comprises a processor communicably...
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7444504 |
Tracing through reset
A method of tracing a data processor upon reset of the data processor. A data processor reset signal resets the data processor, part of trace collection hardware and does not reset remaining parts...
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7444502 |
Method for changing booting configuration and computer system capable of booting OS
In a computer system in which a server has, in addition to a disk used for booting, an operation transfer destination disk that has the same content as the boot disk, a method for changing the disk...
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7441113 |
Method and apparatus for virtualization of appliances
A method and apparatus for the virtualization of appliances provides an embedded operating system (OS) which is included in the system boot ROM of a personal computer. When the system boots, the OS...
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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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7437423 |
System and method for monitoring cluster partner boot status over a cluster interconnect
A method for detecting an un-bootable first computer is described. A failed first computer initiates a boot procedure, and the boot procedure is controlled by boot firmware of the first computer. A...
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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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7433224 |
System and method for forcing an SRAM into a known state during power-up
There is disclosed a static random access memory (SRAM) device that stores an embedded program that is accessible when the SRAM device is powered up. The SRAM device comprises a plurality of...
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7434068 |
Content protection in non-volatile storage devices
Content stored in a non-volatile storage device is protected from unauthorized modification and/or access. The device is configured as one or more regions, where one or more of the regions...
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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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7430221 |
Facilitating bandwidth allocation in a passive optical network
A bandwidth allocation system configured for in-service upgrading of bandwidth allocation functionality comprises dynamic bandwidth allocation software, a first processor, a second processor, first...
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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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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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7430629 |
Internet SCSI communication via UNDI services
A method and system for emulating a hardware Internet Small Computer System Interface (iSCSI) Host Bus Adapter (HBA) without risking an interruption of communication between a computer and a remote...
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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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7428635 |
Method of writing non-volatile memory that avoids corrupting the vital initialization code
A method for avoiding the possibility of corruption when updating vital code such as boot code stored in nonvolatile memory of a unit, such as a host bus adapter, or adapter circuitry integrated...
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7428660 |
Starting control method, duplex platform system, and information processor
There is disclosed a system equipped with information processors of control and standby systems interconnected to communicate with each other. The information processor of the control system...
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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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7425992 |
Method and apparatus for upgrading a television system
A television upgrade system allows a consumer to upgrade applications or features in a television (TV) simply by inserting an external device containing an upgrade file into the TV. The TV then...
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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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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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7421688 |
Methods and systems for updating the firmware on a plurality of network-attached computing devices
Methods and systems are provided for updating firmware on a plurality of networked computing devices via a distributed network. An instruction to update the firmware on a plurality of networked...
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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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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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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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