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