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7386715 |
System and method for replicating data in a distributed system
It is common in distributed systems to replicate data. In many cases, this data evolves in a consistent fashion, and this evolution can be modeled. A probabilistic model of the evolution allows us...
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7385631 |
Camera device and method and program for starting the camera device
A camera device comprises a movable optical system, a driving unit which drives the optical system, and a control unit which makes the driving unit start driving of the optical system to a...
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7386711 |
Method and apparatus for redirecting the boot operations of one or more systems
The boot operations of one or more systems may be redirected. For example, a master boot processor may configure a slave boot processor to boot over a communication bus existing between the...
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7386654 |
Non-volatile configuration data storage for a configurable memory
Various embodiments of the invention may provide one or more non-volatile storage entities, such as a register or a storage array, to store configuration information for a memory device. The...
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7386712 |
Firmware developer user interface with break command polling
A method for providing a firmware developer user interface in a multi-nodal computer system comprises polling for a break command during boot of a multi-nodal computer system and invoking a...
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7386713 |
On-chip security method and apparatus
A boot method an apparatus arc described which reduce the likelihood of a security breach in a mobile device, preferably in a situation where a reset has been initiated. A predetermined security...
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7383431 |
Control system and method for rewriting data in a flash memory and a data storage medium in which a program is stored for rewriting data in a flash memory
A memory control system and method for controlling the rewriting of data in a flash memory which includes a boot memory portion having a plurality of sectors including a boot sector for storing...
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7383429 |
Configuring settings of a computer system to be compatible with an operating system
During a power-on sequence of a computer system, it is detected whether the computer system is connected over a first type of connection to a terminal. In response to detecting that the computer...
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7383555 |
Apparatus and method for sharing a network I/O adapter between logical partitions
An I/O adapter sharing mechanism in a logically partitioned computer system allows sharing a network I/O adapter between logical partitions in an efficient manner. A first logical partition owns...
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7383362 |
Single-chip multi-media card/secure digital (MMC/SD) controller reading power-on boot code from integrated flash memory for user storage
A Multi-Media Card/Secure Digital (MMC/SD) single-chip flash device contains a MMC/SD flash microcontroller and flash mass storage blocks containing flash memory arrays that are block-addressable...
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7383545 |
Computer system and method capable of automatically inputting product key of a software program upon reinstalling the program thereon
A computer system having a hard disk drive including a product key input program for writing a product key of an operating system (OS) program in a CMOS RAM, and a CD-ROM drive including a recovery...
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7383430 |
System and method for validating resource groups
A system and method is provided for managing resource groups in a computer system having an automatic availability capability. In one embodiment, a method is provided which may be performed in a...
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7383404 |
Priority initialization system
A computer storage system includes a supervisor algorithm to detect a host computer's initiator logging in. The supervisor algorithm identifies data storage devices associated with the newly...
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7380278 |
Protecting software environment in isolated execution
A processing system has a processor that can operate in a normal ring 0 operating mode and one or more higher ring operating modes above the normal ring 0 operating mode. In addition, the...
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7380114 |
Integrated circuit with DMA module for loading portions of code to a code memory for execution by a host processor that controls a video decoder
A system, method, and apparatus for dynamically booting processor code memory with a wait instruction is presented herein. A wait instruction precedes the transfer of a new code portion to the code...
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7380149 |
Information processing device
A mechanism of making a low standby current caused by power off compatible with a fast return operation from a standby caused by an interrupt is realized. An information processing device has a...
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7380140 |
Providing a protected volume on a data storage device
The invention establishes a protected volume on a data storage device associated with a computational device by allowing an operating system of the computational device to boot up to a point (the...
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7380174 |
Variable writing through a fixed programming interface
Embodiments include writing a first data value to a validation variable through a fixed programming interface, where the validation variable includes multiple fields that correspond to multiple...
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7380136 |
Methods and apparatus for secure collection and display of user interface information in a pre-boot environment
Methods and apparatus for secure collection and display of user interface information in a pre-boot environment are disclosed. A disclosed system executes trusted software under a secure mode of a...
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7380115 |
Transferring data using direct memory access
A direct memory access (DMA) engine has virtually all control in connection with data transfers that can involve one or both of primary and secondary controllers. The DMA engine receives a command...
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7376968 |
BIOS integrated encryption
A system and method for facilitating BIOS integrated encryption is provided. An interface is defined between the operating system and the BIOS. The operating system employs this interface to...
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7376718 |
System and method for managing provisioning parameters in a cable network
A system and method for managing provisioning parameters in a cable network. A dynamic TFTP (DTFTP) server and a CMTS manage the provisioning of devices in a cable network. The DTFTP server and the...
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7376756 |
HDD firmware download
A system and method for packaging a command string in an offline mode into a script, transmitting the script, and using a controller to read the script and send commands and data to an individual...
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7376944 |
Hardware ROM upgrade through an internet or intranet service
An on-line service is automatically accessed by the computer as it boots up to determine if a ROM update exists for the system. If so, the updated ROM code is downloaded to the system and the ROM...
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7376825 |
System and method for accessing vital data from memory
A memory system is provided which comprises a main memory that stores main data and reference data; a first storage that stores the reference data; and a controller that accesses the reference data...
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7374080 |
System and method for securing the initialization of an inherently non-secure Smartcard controller
A system and method for securing the initialization of a Smartcard controller and a Smartcard terminal incorporating the system or the method. In one embodiment, the system includes: (1) a firmware...
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7376822 |
Method of initializing multiple devices using job scheduler
Provided is a method of initializing multiple devices using a job scheduler. The method includes determining whether the devices to be initialized satisfy requirements for initialization,...
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7376823 |
Method and system for automatic detection, inventory, and operating system deployment on network boot capable computers
A system for the automatic detection and inventory of a network boot capable computer and for the automatic deployment of an appropriate operating system to the network boot capable computer....
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7376824 |
Method and apparatus for rendering user accounts portable
Improved approaches for enabling user accounts to be portable across different multi-user computer systems are disclosed. A user account created at a multi-user computer can be stored to an...
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7376821 |
Data processing system and method
Embodiments provide a data processing system comprising first initialisation software to initialise the data processing system, means to access storage comprising a first region and a second region...
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7373496 |
Operating system rebooting apparatus for continuing to execute a non-stop module even during rebooting
A method of rebooting an operating system including a plurality of load modules in a single computer. One load module which is to be operated during rebooting of the operating system is held in a...
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7373491 |
Processor with versatile external memory interface
A processor architecture suitable for embedded systems and compatible with different kinds of external memory, executes a bootstrap program to determine the characteristics of the external memory...
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7373495 |
Hardware cross-emulation using personas
An apparatus and method for a device to boot as though it were another device. The various devices have published personas describing their operation. A persona selection interface enables a user...
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7373493 |
Boot methods, computer systems, and production methods thereof
Boot methods for use in a computer system. The computer system boots from a partition comprising an OS in hibernation mode. The OS exits the hibernation mode to a normal operating mode according to...
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7373492 |
Boot disk management utility
A computer utility for reducing downtime required for applying patches to a UNIX system, and for allowing changes to the system to be rolled back in the event of problems with a patch.
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7373537 |
Response to wake event while a system is in reduced power consumption state
An apparatus adapted to facilitate execution of task or tasks in response to a detection of an occurrence of one of one or more particular wake events while a system is in a reduced power...
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7370189 |
Method and apparatus for establishing safe processor operating points in connection with a secure boot
A system and method is provided for establishing safe processor operating points. Some embodiments may include a tamper resistant storage element that stores information regarding one or more...
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7370190 |
Data processing systems and methods with enhanced bios functionality
Various improvements to data processing systems involve enhancements to BIOS functionality, use of identifiers associated with specific instances of hardware, and data hiding techniques—sometimes...
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7370186 |
Multi-tasking bootstrap system and method
A multi-task boot strap system and method for expediting boot up initialization processes are presented. In one embodiment, a multi-task boot strap method includes accessing interrupt vector table...
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7370187 |
System and method for aggregating shelf IDs in a fibre channel storage loop
A modular fibre channel information handling system includes a storage processor and multiple associated fibre channel data storage enclosures. The storage processor and the fibre channel data...
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7370191 |
Method and device for playing compressed multimedia files in semi-power on state of a computer
A method and device for playing compressed multimedia files in a semi-power on state of a computer is provided. A program is provided in the BIOS so that POST (Power On Self Test) is not performed...
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7370234 |
Method for system recovery
Provided is a method for system recovery. An operating system and a backup copy of the operating system are both maintained in a partition of a computational device. A boot loader receives an...
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7370238 |
System, method and software for isolating dual-channel memory during diagnostics
A system, method and software for isolating information handling system memory system devices are disclosed. In dual-channel double-data-rate memory system implementations, teachings of the present...
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7370188 |
Input/output scanning
Provided is a technique for Input/Output scanning. A storage controller receives I/O requests from a host system, having an operating system, directed to at least one storage unit, wherein the...
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7366890 |
Method for switching to a service mode of operation in response to detecting a device connected to an I/O port of the system
Provided are a method, system, deployment and article of manufacture, wherein in one embodiment, a mode of operation may be switched to a service mode by detecting a device inserted into a...
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7366304 |
Cruable U-NII wireless radio with secure, integral antenna connection via SM BIOS in U-NII wireless ready device
A method that utilizes software and hardware mechanisms to meet the FCC requirement for a U-NII antenna to be an integral part of the device in which it operates, while providing wireless ready...
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7367062 |
Method for BIOS security of computer system
A method of maintaining security of a BIOS included in a BIOS ROM of a computer system. The method of BIOS security of the computer system includes storing a check sum value calculated by...
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7366888 |
Booting to a recovery/maintenance environment
A system, computer program product and method for booting to a partition in a non-volatile storage unit without a local operator. In one embodiment, one or more bits in a BOOT register may be set...
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7366889 |
Computer cluster control network comprising a first network to communicate control data and a second network to communicate non-control data between processing nodes
Apparatus and a method for booting each of a plurality of computer processor nodes in a cluster system to run the same cluster operating system.
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7366891 |
Methods and apparatus to provide dual-mode drivers in processor systems
Methods and apparatus to provide dual-mode drivers in a processor system are disclosed. An example method disclosed herein comprises including operating system (OS) agnostic mode services that are...
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