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Electrical Computers And Digital Processing Systems: Support > Digital Data Processing System Initialization Or Configuration (e.g., Initializing, Set Up, Configuration, Or Resetting) > Loading Initialization Program (e.g., Booting, Rebooting, Warm Booting, Remote Booting, Bios, Initial Program Load (ipl), Bootstrapping) Loading Initialization Program (e.g., Booting, Rebooting, Warm Booting, Remote Booting, Bios, Initial Program Load (ipl), Bootstrapping)Loading Initialization Program (e.g., Booting, Rebooting, Warm Booting, Remote Booting, Bios, Initial Program Load (ipl), Bootstrapping) patent applications listed are from June 2005 to current and include Date, Patent Application Number, Patent Title, Patent Abstract summary and are linked to the corresponding patent application page.10/19/06 - 20060236087 - Apparatus and method for testing computer system An apparatus and a method to test a computer system, wherein the apparatus to test a computer system includes: a computer system interface module to receive one or more power on self test (POST) codes from a computer system; a control module to search, or determine, error information corresponding to ... 10/19/06 - 20060236086 - Information processing apparatus and operation control method According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a main body to which an external device is connectable, a power supply control unit configured to turn on a power supply of the main body in response to an operation of one of a first switch arranged on the main ... 10/19/06 - 20060236085 - Method and system of changing a startup list of programs to determine whether computer system performance increases A method and system of changing a startup list of programs to determine whether performance of a computer system increases. Some illustrative embodiments are a processor-based method comprising changing a startup list of programs from a first list of programs to a predetermined list of programs, rebooting the computer system ... 10/19/06 - 20060236084 - Method and system for providing an auxiliary bios code in an auxiliary bios memory utilizing time expiry control The present invention provides a method for providing an auxiliary basic input/output system (BIOS) code in a computer system, where the computer system includes a central processing unit (CPU) for executing an operation system (OS) program. The method comprises: providing a main BIOS memory for storing a main BIOS code ... 10/12/06 - 20060230262 - Electronic module and a process for operating a system module The invention relates to an electronic module, in particular a micro-processor and/or micro-controller module, and a process for operating a system module, able to be connected with a bus, in particular a LIN bus system. The process includes operating the system module in a first operating mode, and operating the ... 10/05/06 - 20060224880 - Information processing apparatus and boot processing control method for information processing apparatus In a boot processing control method for an information processing apparatus according to this invention, the first boot device in which a medium can be loaded or a boot device different from the first boot device is designated. When a boot process cannot be executed from the first boot device ... 10/05/06 - 20060224879 - Method for starting an operating system rapidly by pressing a hotkey A method for starting an operating system rapidly by a hotkey includes the steps of: setting a hotkey for each operating system; executing a BIOS power on self test program; determining whether any hotkey has been pressed during execution of the power on self test program; activating a disk partition ... 10/05/06 - 20060224878 - System and method for trusted early boot flow In some embodiments, the invention involves extending trusted computing environments to the boot firmware. In at least one embodiment, the present invention is intended to enable the trusted environment to be extended forward to the pre-boot environment in addition to post-OS load environment. Embodiments of the present invention enable the ... 09/28/06 - 20060218388 - Method and system for iscsl boot Certain aspects of a method for iSCSI boot may include loading boot BIOS code from a host bus adapter or a network interface controller (NIC) by an iSCSI client device. A connection may be established to an iSCSI target by the iSCSI client device after loading the boot BIOS code. ... 09/28/06 - 20060218387 - System and method for backup and recovery of data stored in a hard disk of a computer The present invention provides a computer system (10) including a CPU (central process unit) (101), a memory (102), a hard disk (103) storing data to be backupped, and a BIOS ROM (basic input/output system read only memory) (104). The BIOS ROM stores codes of BIOS (1041) of the computer system ... 09/21/06 - 20060212695 - Remote boot method and mechanism, and computer-readable storage medium A remote boot method loads an image of an operating system from a file apparatus that is connected to a computer system to a main memory of the computer system and starting the operating system, and remotely specifies an image of a boot target from a system monitoring mechanism that ... 09/21/06 - 20060212694 - Method of updating firmware in computer server systems A method of updating firmware in a computer server system is disclosed which method includes disconnecting access from a south bridge to a flash memory when the system is in an operating state; writing an updating firmware from a terminal to the flash memory via a base-board management controller; and ... 09/14/06 - 20060206703 - Computer system and method for booting up the same A computer system with a main memory is equipped with an HDD that has a disk and a driving motor driving the disk, a non-volatile storage unit provided in the HDD storing therein a booting program of an operating system, and a control unit reading out the booting program stored ... 09/14/06 - 20060206702 - Operating system boot from external media A system for booting an computing device with a windowing operating system obtained from an external memory media via an external interface, wherein the system includes an initialization module stored in a read-only memory provided in the computing device, the initialization module being executed in a processor disposed in the ... 09/07/06 - 20060200658 - Agent framework for mobile devices Herein described is an agent support framework used in a mobile communication device. The agent support framework provides a set of commonly used features that may be used by various client applications. The client applications may comprise one or more diagnostic/configuration agents that are used in monitoring device status, performing ... 09/07/06 - 20060200657 - Network system, resources using device, and resources holding device In a network system, a resources using device which uses the resources in the resources holding device sends to the resources holding device a command to confirm whether the resources in the resources holding device are available. When receiving from the resources holding device a response showing that the resources ... 09/07/06 - 20060200656 - Apparatus and method to capture data from an embedded device A method is disclosed to capture data from an embedded device. The method provides an embedded device comprising a processor, memory, and microcode, where the microcode specifies a first fixed address in the memory. The method creates a Registry at the first fixed address, and populates the Registry with a ... 08/31/06 - 20060195686 - Startup program execution method, device, storage medium, and program A pre-startup process unit responds to a first read request from an upper-level system to a storage medium of a device by reading out, instead of a startup sector of the storage medium storing a startup program, a provisional startup sector storing an arbitrary program so as to execute the ... 08/10/06 - 20060179295 - Multiple system image options selective booting method and interface A multiple system image options selective booting method and interface is proposed, which is designed for use in conjunction with a computer platform for the user to select a desired system image from multiple available options contained in a system image source (such as a CD-ROM module) for booting up ... 08/10/06 - 20060179294 - Multi-tiered boot list An aggregated server blade system includes a plurality of individual server blades and a management module which can be designated as a bootable device. A boot list maintained and executed in each server blade includes a management module entry in its list of bootable devices. In response to the management ... 08/03/06 - 20060174101 - Systems, methods, and software for distributed loading of databases The present inventors have devised one or more systems, methods, and software for distributed loading of information retrieval systems. One exemplary system includes two or more (at least two) load monitor servers that not only monitor and ensure completion of load tasks by individual load servers in a set of ... 08/03/06 - 20060174100 - System and method of booting an operating system for a computer A booting system includes a central processing unit (CPU) core, a system bus, a main memory, a boot loader memory device, a first external memory device, a boot logic unit, a second external memory device and an external interface unit. The first external memory stores a boot loader program, which ... 07/27/06 - 20060168442 - Console redirection among linked computers A technique for providing communication between two computers through a network in a way to allow one computer to control the other. ... 07/27/06 - 20060168441 - Processor and firmware download method for same A processor comprises a central processing unit that downloads firmware from outside after starting a second program that depends on a device, stores the downloaded firmware in a volatile memory, and executes predetermined processing based on the firmware stored in the volatile memory; and a non-volatile memory that stores a ... 07/27/06 - 20060168440 - Os selection methods and computer systems utilizing the same OS (Operating system) selection methods and computer system utilizing the same. A tag is provided in a storage device of a computer system. The tag is used to determine the OS used by the computer system. When the computer system boots, a master boot program checks the tag. If the ... 07/27/06 - 20060168439 - Memory dump program boot method and mechanism, and computer-readable storage medium A memory dump program boot method includes the steps of defining, in non-volatile variables that are managed by a boot firmware of a computer system, boot information of a plurality of stand-alone dump programs that are installed in the computer system, and a table variable indicating a corresponding relationship of ... 07/20/06 - 20060161765 - 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 regarding the usage characteristics of the client device, may be created. A confidence level indicating the likelihood that the ... 07/20/06 - 20060161764 - Software architecture for managing a system of heterogenous network processors and for developing portable network processor applications A method and system for developing portable network processor applications and/or managing heterogeneous network processors in a network is disclosed. The network includes host processor(s) utilizing system configuration application(s) that are network processor independent. In one aspect, the method and system include using standardized interface(s) for each network processor, using ... 07/13/06 - 20060155979 - Multiple execution-path system A multiple execution-path flash system includes a main flash image with primary and secondary POST and Boot executable files. The secondary executables are offset from the primary executables by a predetermined offset address. If corrupted data is encountered during Boot, the exception handler sets an offset bit resulting in the ... 07/13/06 - 20060155978 - Method for initialising programmable systems The invention relates to a method for initialising programmable systems, whereby the information necessary for initialising registers and internal and/or external components is held in an external memory and read out. The aim of the invention is a method whereby all registers and components may be initialised, a flexible initialisation ... 07/06/06 - 20060149959 - Concurrent processing of operations in a boot sequence 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 resources. The second processor issues commands to initialize at least one storage device to place the at least one storage device ... 07/06/06 - 20060149958 - Code download in a system having multiple integrated circuits with a jtag capability An electronic product (500) including a first integrated circuit (502) coupled to a first memory (506) and at least a second integrated circuit (508, 512) coupled (516, 518, 520) to the first integrated circuit. The first integrated circuit loads information, such as a first code image, from the first memory ... 06/29/06 - 20060143433 - Virtual partition for recording and restoring computer data files Some computer operating systems do not permit application programs to perform certain tasks. If there is a desire to perform a forbidden task, a virtual partition (228) is created (610) in a storage device (108), such as a hard disk drive, associated with the computer system (100). The virtual partition ... 06/29/06 - 20060143432 - Method and apparatus to enhance platform boot efficiency Methods and apparatus for improving network boot efficiency are disclosed. Under embodiments of the method, boot images that are initially sent from a boot server to various clients are cached at network devices along communication paths between the boot server and the clients. In response to subsequent boot image requests ... 06/29/06 - 20060143431 - Method to provide autonomic boot recovery In some embodiments, the invention involves a system and method relating to autonomic boot recovery. In at least one embodiment, the present invention utilizes an out-of-band (OOB) microcontroller to safeguard boot information to be used in the event of a boot failure. The OOB microcontroller enables the preservation of “Last ... 06/22/06 - 20060136709 - System for managing boot-up of target computers A system for managing boot-up of target machines. In a preferred embodiment, a server computer acts as a managing computer. A target machine notifies the server that the target machine has been powered-up. The server allocates an IP address and sends a response to the target machine. The target machine ... 06/22/06 - 20060136708 - Information processing system, program product, and information processing method A method for is disclosed. A boot block that contains a first public key is activated and a system Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) that contains a second public key and a first digital signature is verified, the verifying being performed by confirming that the first and second public keys match. ... 06/22/06 - 20060136707 - Portable electronic apparatus, information processing method, and program Disclosed is a portable electronic apparatus that is connected to an information processing apparatus via a network. The portable electronic apparatus includes a storage section and an acquisition section. The storage section stores a communication program for communicating with the information processing apparatus. The acquisition section communicates with the information ... 06/22/06 - 20060136706 - Product configuration during boot process A boot process for a product is initialized. During the boot process, an early configuration signal is recognized, and the boot process places the product into a receive information data mode. Received information is processed to modify information stored with the product. ... 06/22/06 - 20060136705 - Multiple stage software verification A communication unit (101) includes a transceiver (105) for communication over a communication network (107), and a processor (103). The processor (103) can install software components, including a first software component and a second software component. Responsive to a boot, the processor (103) can verifying the first software component against ... 06/22/06 - 20060136704 - System and method for selectively installing an operating system to be remotely booted within a storage area network A management computer controlling operations of computer systems in a number of positions within a chassis is programmed to receive a signal indicating that one of the computer systems has been installed and to determine whether it has been installed in a previously unoccupied position, installed in a previously occupied ... 06/22/06 - 20060136703 - Apparatus and method for booting a system A method and apparatus for booting a system are provided. The apparatus may comprise a boot block and a baseboard management controller coupled together in the system. The baseboard management controller may be configured to receive a request from the boot block for a basic input/output system image; determine at ... 06/15/06 - 20060129798 - Stand-by power generator monitoring system A system for remotely monitoring operation of a stand-by power generator is provided. The system comprises a transfer switch for maintaining the powering of a load in the event of line voltage failure and a stand-by power generator. A sensor board is operably connected to the stand-by power generator to ... 06/15/06 - 20060129797 - Hardware-supported secure network boot Systems and methods for establishing an authenticated and encrypted network connection in a boot protocol, and specifying the boot image to be loaded by a client, are disclosed. A hardware token or other portable medium, such as a USB drive or device, CD, mini-CD, or floppy diskette, is used to ... 06/15/06 - 20060129796 - Apparatus and method for building, storing, uploading, relocating and executing dos based software module during system startup time The present invention provides a method of packaging, storing, uploading, and executing a DOS based software module capable for being utilized as applications of a PCI device. The present invention may deliver both a binary image and a DOS executable of an application provided by the PCI device. The DOS ... 06/15/06 - 20060129795 - Interleaved boot block to support multiple processor architectures and method of use A flash memory has an interleaved boot block compatible with multiple processor architectures. The interleaved boot block may include one boot block compatible with a first CPU architecture and another boot block compatible with a second CPU architecture. These two boot blocks may be combined in an interleaved manner in ... 06/15/06 - 20060129794 - Utilizing paging to support dynamic code updates A code object and flash memory may be updated by storing a new code object in the flash memory. Then, a pointer from a page table may be redirected to point to the new code object. The old code object may then be deleted. As a result, code can be ... 06/15/06 - 20060129793 - Embedded system and related method capable of automatically updating system software An embedded system and method capable of automatically updating system software. The embedded system includes a first storage device for storing a first system software and a boot image; a microcontroller coupled to the first storage device for respectively converting the first system software and the boot image into a ... 06/08/06 - 20060123223 - Persistent memory manipulation using efi Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with performing a manipulation of a persistent memory using an extensible firmware interface are described. One exemplary method embodiment includes selectively refreshing a persistent memory from an EFI level application and providing to a user level application a signal concerning the persistent memory ... 06/01/06 - 20060117172 - Method and computing system for transparence computing on the computer network A computing system based on Transparence Computing consists of clients and a server. There is no disk and no preinstalled OS on the client; a remote booting chip is set on the client's mainboard for downloading and loading the OS. Boot-supporting services, OS kernel mirrors, and applications are preset on ... 06/01/06 - 20060117171 - 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 unit (11). The storage is used for storing customized strings, BIOS codes and a BIOS updating program. ... 06/01/06 - 20060117170 - Controller having auto-run function A controller for reading and executing a file stored in a non-volatile memory is described. The controller includes a computer interface converter and a control module. The module is used to read the file from the non-volatile memory. The control module simulates the protocol of an optical disk and provides ... 05/18/06 - 20060107034 - Computer system with selectively available immutable boot block code A computer system contains selectively available boot block codes. A first boot block is of the conventional type and is stored in storage media such as flash ROM on a system planar with the processor of the computer system. A second boot block is located on a feature card and ... 05/18/06 - 20060107033 - Power-supply control device, power-supply control method, and computer product A control device controls a device to be on and off in response to boot data that instructs boot of the device. The control device includes a receiving unit that receives the boot data through a network; a counting unit configured to count the number of the boot data received ... 05/18/06 - 20060107032 - Secure code execution using external memory New code routines for a secure system (e.g., a TPM) are stored in a memory (e.g., a flash memory) that is located external to the secure system. For example, a chip may include a TPM and an external flash memory may be connected to the chip. New routines for the ... 05/18/06 - 20060107031 - Portable terminal Screen display matched to the progress of execution of the initialization function in small and inexpensive devices such as a portable terminal is performed. Furthermore, reliability in the event of an error is improved without providing excessive redundancy and with limited capacity in a NAND flash memory storing programs. A ... 05/18/06 - 20060107030 - Method and system for booting a plurality of computing systems from an operating system image Method and system for booting two or more computing systems from an operating system image. Image may be stored in persistent memory on a host computer in communication with remote computing systems. Remote systems boot in a read only fashion from operable system image. Remote computing systems may not include ... 05/11/06 - 20060101260 - Rebooting card and its method for determining a timing of restarting a reset mechanism A rebooting card and its method for determining a timing of restarting a reset mechanism are proposed. The rebooting card is plugged into a socket of a motherboard of a computer system and includes a detection unit, a counter and a reset unit. It functions together with the basic input/output ... 05/11/06 - 20060101259 - Boot methods and computers utilizing same A boot method is implemented in a computer comprising a main memory and a storage device. A partition of the storage device comprises a first operating system and a second operating system. The partition is formatted with a first file system compatible with the first operating system. The second operating ... 05/04/06 - 20060095756 - Multimedia system for a vehicle A scalable and fully configurable computing architecture for a mobile multimedia architecture used in a vehicle includes a head unit having a processor, a field programmable gate array and a memory. The processor and the memory are configured to communicate over a first bus that is a dedicated memory bus, ... 05/04/06 - 20060095755 - System and method for information handling system image network communication A system and method for information handling system manufacture analyzes an image to determine a traits definition that identifies the operating system, applications and unique information of the image, such as in a XML file. The image traits definition may be communicated to a manufacture site over a network and ... 04/20/06 - 20060085631 - System and method for booting embedded systems using removable storage A system and method of booting an embedded system having a processor, nonvolatile memory and a remote media interface connected to the processor. Boot code is executed within the nonvolatile memory. The processor determines if a storage device is connected to the remote media interface and, if a storage device ... 04/20/06 - 20060085630 - Enabling attestation during return from s4 state with standard tcg hardware A method and system for enabling security attestation for a computing device during a return from an S4 sleep state. When the computing device enters into the S4 state following a successful boot up, the attestation log is appended to the TPM tick count and the log is signed (with ... 04/13/06 - 20060080522 - Method, apparatus, and system for facilitating secure computing A method, apparatus, and system are described for facilitating secure computing. A method of booting a computer invokes a program contained in a read-only memory on power-up of the computer, where the program contains at least a minimal operating system, then searches for at least an additional operating system program ... 04/13/06 - 20060080521 - System and method for offline archiving of data A data archiving system according to the invention performs offline backup of data stored at a target system connected to a network. To minimize downtime of the target system, the data is archived at a low level of abstraction, e.g., at the block level, rather than at the file system ... 04/06/06 - 20060075217 - Method of booting an operating system For use in a system where a plurality of servers are connected to an external disk device, a method is provided for a server to boot an operating system from the external disk device. The method includes the steps of searching for the port of a network switch to which ... 04/06/06 - 20060075216 - System and method for safe booting electronic devices An improved system and method for safe booting an electronic device. In situations such as where a virus is infecting various devices within a network, the present invention provides an authentication centre with the ability to instruct a device on the network to safe boot. During the safe boot, it ... 04/06/06 - 20060075215 - Configurable bios strings A system and method for deploying various versions of a BIOS system having configurable text strings. When a text string is required, the BIOS or configuration tool may retrieve a text string from the text string location. The executable BIOS and configuration tool may be common for many applications while ... 03/30/06 - 20060069908 - Information processing apparatus and boot control method When a computer system including a LAN device is to be booted, a LAN option ROM code of the LAN device and BIOS-ROM information are loaded in a RAM. Thus, boot is executed. ... 03/30/06 - 20060069907 - Method for installing and reinstalling an operating system A method for installing an operating system in a computer includes: enabling the computer to execute a bootstrapping program; enabling the computer to configure a storage device thereof with a system partition and an operating partition, and to make a backup of the bootstrapping program and an operating system loading ... 03/30/06 - 20060069906 - Method and apparatus for bios determination of network information and diagnostics A computer with a network controller has suitable programming for determining the address of the network controller by means of the computer BIOS. Suitable instructions can be provided to obtain the MAC address of an ETHERNET-based system or the UUID of a 1394-based network controller. The BIOS is optionally programmed ... 03/23/06 - 20060064577 - 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 communication protocol of a standard interface and recognizes this locking device as a USB-interface storage device. ... 03/23/06 - 20060064576 - Boot systems and methods Boot systems and methods. The system comprises a memory, a block storage device, and a boot loader. The block storage device stores at least an executable image, such as an operating system image, and a boot info file recording at least a location of the executable image in the block ... 03/23/06 - 20060064575 - Multi chip system and its boot code fetch method A multi-chip system and a boot code fetch method include a nonvolatile memory chip storing a volatile memory chip, and a boot code, and a host fetching the boot code. The boot code is transferred to the volatile memory chip before the host fetches the boot code in the nonvolatile ... 03/16/06 - 20060059331 - Console-less boot Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with a system boot are described. One exemplary system embodiment includes a system for a computing device that includes at least a console. The example system includes a boot logic configured to detect whether communication with the console is functional or non-functional and ... 03/16/06 - 20060059330 - Remotely providing basic input/output system to a client system In one embodiment, the present invention includes a method of initializing a system without a basic input/output system (BIOS) to vector to a memory dedicated to a network controller, requesting the BIOS from a remote source using code stored in the memory, and storing the BIOS in a volatile memory ... 03/09/06 - 20060053277 - System and method for remote security enablement A system for remote security enablement comprises a trusted platform module (TPM) disposed on a user client and an administration client adapted to access, via a communication network, the user client to cause enablement of the TPM on a subsequent boot of the user client. ... 03/09/06 - 20060053276 - Device introduction and access control framework In an embodiment, a method includes registering applications and network services for notification of an out-of-band introduction, and using the out-of-band introduction to bootstrap secure in-band provisioning of credentials and policies that are used to control subsequent access and resource sharing on an in-band channel. In another embodiment, an apparatus ... 03/02/06 - 20060047946 - Distributed operating system management A system and method are provided for a distributed operating system manager. In one example, the method includes retrieving an internet protocol address of a boot server connected to a client computer via a network; determining whether the boot server is available via the network; transferring to the boot server ... 03/02/06 - 20060047945 - 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. ... 03/02/06 - 20060047944 - Secure booting of a computing device Systems, methods, and computer program products implementing techniques for secure booting of a computing device. In one aspect, the techniques include verifying the trustworthiness of the target computing system and only after the trustworthiness of the target computing system has been verified, loading user data onto the target computing system. ... 03/02/06 - 20060047943 - Computer cluster control network 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. ... 03/02/06 - 20060047942 - Method, program and system to update files in a computer system Provided is a method, program and system to update files in a computer system. A boot sequence is executed in the computer system to query a server over a network before loading an operating system to determine whether there is a patch to apply. The patch is received from the ... 03/02/06 - 20060047941 - Resource compatible system for efi (extensible firmware interface) and bios (basic input/output system) A resource compatible system for EFI (Extensible Firmware Interface) and BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) to be used in a computer system having both the EFI and BIOS at the same time. The computer system can execute the EFI first after being powered on, and then when transferring to the BIOS, ... 03/02/06 - 20060047940 - Computer multi-buttons booting system and method A multi-buttons booting system comprises an on-switch button logic unit, an embedded chip (EC) and its RAM, a lookup module, and a loading module. A plurality of on-switch buttons are connected to the EC and corresponds to a plurality of operating systems. In response to the push on a button, ... 03/02/06 - 20060047939 - Method and apparatus for initializing multiple processors residing in an integrated circuit A method and apparatus for initializing multiple processors in an integrated circuit. Each processor is uniquely identifiable. Boot code for the initialization of the processors is written so that any specialized code for a specific processor is accessed using identity of the processor. ... 02/23/06 - 20060041740 - 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 a hibernation file, and marks the hibernation file. The marked hibernation file is modified to the ... 02/23/06 - 20060041739 - Memory dump generation with quick reboot A method and system for writing a data image in the main memory of a computer to a secondary storage device minimizes delay in performing a required reboot. Prior to the reboot, a portion of the physical memory is copied either to a reserved memory space or to secondary storage, ... 02/23/06 - 20060041738 - Recovery method for master boot record of hard disk drive A recovery method for a master boot record of a hard disk drive is adapted to a computer system incorporating extensible firmware interface (EFI). When modification occurs in the master boot record, the extensible firmware interface stores the master boot record in an NVRAM (Non-volatile Random Access Memory) as a ... 02/09/06 - 20060031668 - Use of off-motherboard resources in a computer system A system uses a protocol stack on a card external to a motherboard in a target computer system. A processor on the motherboard is able to make use of the external protocol stack during boot-up of the computer, or at any other time, so that it is not necessary to ... 02/09/06 - 20060031667 - Method, apparatus and computer program product to check e-mail count at boot time in computing systems A computing system connected to a remote e-mail server through a network and a network adapter includes a basic input/output system (“BIOS”). The computing system accesses e-mail information by the BIOS accessing the remote e-mail server through the network during the booting of the computing system using the network adapter ... 02/09/06 - 20060031666 - Data processing apparatus and firmware update method The data processing apparatus of the present invention includes a memory having a first firmware stored therein; a receiving section for receiving a second firmware; a processor for executing update processing for updating the first firmware in the memory into the second firmware; and a drive for writing the second ... 02/02/06 - 20060026417 - High-assurance secure boot content protection A method and apparatus for high assurance boot processing is disclosed. A trusted processor is used to authenticate a trusted boot program and in conjunction with a selector, to provide the authenticated boot program to a boot memory where it can be accessed by a main processor to execute the ... 02/02/06 - 20060026416 - Method of sequentially selecting bootable memory module for booting A method of sequentially selecting a bootable memory module for booting is disclosed, wherein memory modules are detected in sequence to choose usable memory modules before loading various parameters stored in a BIOS of a computer into the memory modules inserted into a memory module slot of a main board ... 02/02/06 - 20060026415 - Method of updating a portion bios The present invention is to provide a method of updating a portion of BIOS, which includes an updating software that, when being executed for an image file, performing steps of determining operation information of the image file belonging to which hardware component or standard; and directly rewriting the operation information ... 01/26/06 - 20060020780 - System and method for implementing an extensible firmware interface Disclosed is a system and a method for implementing an extensible firmware interface (EFI). In one embodiment, a system and a method pertain to launching an EFI utility during a boot process of a computer system, and building an EFI layer that resides between an operating system of the computer ... 01/26/06 - 20060020779 - 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 a computer system during a pre-boot phase of the computer system. A virtual drive controller is initialized during the ... 01/19/06 - 20060015711 - Apparatus and method for crisis recovery Embodiments of an apparatus and method for recovering a system from system crisis can start a crisis recovering routine by pressing a prescribed button (e.g., existing power button) for a predetermined time when the system is not started or abnormally operated. Embodiments can recover a ROM BIOS by reading information ... 01/12/06 - 20060010317 - Pre-boot authentication system The invention provides a method for providing enhancements to a BIOS system without using replacement hardware in a microprocessor-based device. The microprocessor-based device boots from a BIOS procedure and interrupts the BIOS procedure to read information from an information module inserted to a information module reader connected to the microprocessor-based ... 01/12/06 - 20060010316 - System for and method of network booting of an operating system to a client computer using hibernation A system for and method of network booting of an operating system (O/S) on one or more client devices, such as personal computers (PC's), employing a hibernation image. Remote booting of sets of client devices is facilitated by employing virtual disk emulation and, in certain preferred embodiments, broadcasting or multicasting ... 01/12/06 - 20060010315 - System and method for re-imaging computers According to an embodiment, a system comprises a client, a BIOS on the client, and an image support application in the BIOS operable to re-image the client. ... 01/12/06 - 20060010314 - 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 that normally can only run a single operating system to run another operating system while preserving the state and data ... 01/05/06 - 20060005006 - 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 after the power is turned on. The program directly initializes multimedia chips or chipsets. ... 01/05/06 - 20060005005 - Method and apparatus for executing the boot code of embedded systems A memory system and corresponding method for executing boot code stored therein are provided, the memory system including a mode decoder, a first memory in signal communication with the mode decoder, a second memory in signal communication with the mode decoder, and a mode generator in signal communication with the ... 01/05/06 - 20060005004 - Bios-level incident response system and method An apparatus and method for BIOS level depiction and response of incident relevant messages are described herein. ... 01/05/06 - 20060005003 - Method for guest operating system integrity validation A method includes performing a file system integrity validation on a host machine having a hypervisor architecture when a file system of a second process is mounted on a file system of a first process. The file system integrity validation occurs independently of booting the host machine. ... 12/29/05 - 20050289336 - Method and apparatus for switching among multiple initial execution addresses A method and an apparatus for switching among multiple initial execution addresses in computer systems. The purpose is to efficiently select a code segment for initial execution after booting. A switch signal and a reference address are read, and then an initial execution address is picked from several possible addresses ... 12/22/05 - 20050283601 - Systems and methods for securing a computer boot A method for securing a computer boot is provided. In this method, integrity measurements of program code being loaded for execution are taken during the computer boot, and the integrity measurements are stored in a system board trusted platform module (SBTPM). Subsequently, the integrity measurements are transferred from the SBTPM ... 12/22/05 - 20050283600 - System for managing a plurality of multipurpose media access data processing systems A multipurpose media access device, which includes a communication interface operable to control transfer of data between said multipurpose user device and at least one communication network, a data storage module operable to store user data and a unique user identifier, a program storage module having at least one executable ... 12/22/05 - 20050283599 - Exposing bios information to an acpi aware operating system A method, system and article of manufacture to expose Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) information to an Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI) aware operating system. BIOS setup data is copied to an ACPI memory region during a pre-boot phase of a computer system. An operating system on the computer system ... 12/22/05 - 20050283598 - 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 be executed by the processor. The code fetch request is translated into a memory request providing ... 12/22/05 - 20050283597 - System and method for booting multiple servers from a single operating system image The invention is directed to a system and method for booting multiple servers or other network resources from a single operating system image. The operating system image is stored on a solid state disk. When a server is booted, cache space is allocated in the volatile memory portion of the ... 12/08/05 - 20050273589 - Method and system for reading instructions from nand flash memory and writing them into sram for execution by a processing device A method and system is provided for efficient execution of code in memory by a processing device and may comprise determining whether a first type of memory is present. If the first type of memory is present, at least a portion of code stored in the first type of memory ... 12/08/05 - 20050273588 - Bootstrap method and apparatus with plural interchangeable boot code images A method includes storing a plurality of interchangeable BIOS images, selecting a first one of the BIOS images, and attempting to perform a boot procedure using the selected first one of the BIOS images. If the boot procedure is performed successfully, a signal is sent to control logic. If the ... 12/08/05 - 20050273587 - System and method for shutdown memory testing In accordance with the teachings of the present disclosure, a system and method for reducing the amount of time for a boot operation is provided that substantially reduces disadvantages and problems associated with previously developed memory testing systems and methods. The system includes using a shutdown memory test module to ... 12/01/05 - 20050268087 - Program, communication device, data processing method, and communication system There is provided a program for making a computer perform a first procedure for verifying whether an platform guaranteeing that device identification data for identifying a communication device cannot be rewritten by the user is provided in the communication device, a second procedure for verifying whether the device identification data ... 12/01/05 - 20050268086 - 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 from the main memory upon receipt of a power up signal, and loads the main data into ... 12/01/05 - 20050268085 - Images loading system and method A system for loading images includes a read-only memory (ROM) (160) for storing the images; an initialization module (110) for initializing a running environment of the system, and for starting up a procedure for automatically loading the images; an image-searching module (130) for searching the images in the ROM; an ... 12/01/05 - 20050268084 - System and method for surely but conveniently causing reset of a computerized device Enhanced reset logic is included in a user's computerized device so that the device owner (e.g., the user's employer) can assure prompt reset (e.g., to insure device use of newly downloaded software versions or other control or security data) while still allowing user convenience (e.g., some limited continued normal use ... 11/24/05 - 20050262337 - Method and device for determining flash software compatibility with hardware A method of determining compatibility between a hardware device and a software application includes the step of initializing a boot loader application. Initialization of the boot loader application includes verifying the presence and validity of a software application. Once the software application has been validated by the boot loader application, ... 11/24/05 - 20050262336 - Methods and apparatuses for resetting the physical layers of two agents interconnected through a link-based interconnection A method for effecting an in-band reset of the physical layers of two agents interconnected through a link-based interconnection scheme. In accordance with one embodiment of the invention, a first of the two agents ceases its forwarded clock to initiate the in-band reset. Upon realization of the cessation, a second ... 11/17/05 - 20050257042 - Methods and arrangements for providing a mark-up language based graphical user interface for user identification to an operating system Methods and arrangements are provided that can be used to identify users to an operating system during initialization through an advanced graphical user interface (GUI). The resulting GUI can be visually compelling and functional while advantageously remaining easy for the developer to create, maintain and modify. A markup language rendering ... 11/17/05 - 20050257041 - Method and apparatus for remote computer reboot A remote reboot device allows unattended computer systems to be rebooted or restarted from a remote location. The remote reboot device uses the reset pins on a logic board of a computer system to effectuate a reboot. The remote reboot device includes a network interface for secure communication over a ... 11/10/05 - 20050251674 - Method and system for automatically initializing sata controller A method and system for automatically initializing a SATA controller, which is used to set up a specified SATA port as enable or disable, the method includes: inputting a value of the specified SATA port to an interface; automatically identifying ICH south bridge and the SATA controller by searching a ... 11/10/05 - 20050251673 - Updatable firmware having boot and/or communication redundancy A distributed nodal system with a source computer processor node storing program code for target node(s). A target node has an updatable firmware memory storing program code for operating a target processor. The target code comprises application code for controlling an embedded device, primary communication code for communicating with a ... 11/03/05 - 20050246518 - Computer system and booting method therefor and server used for the same To accelerate the booting time of a computer by a booting method using a communication network, a boot-up main memory image of an OS and application programs is used to boot a computer. The main memory image is managed in one batch on a server, and is regularly updated with ... 10/27/05 - 20050240756 - System and method for improving the efficiency, comfort, and/or reliability in operating systems, such as for example windows. Although MS Windows (in its various versions) is at present the most popular OS (Operating System) in personal computers, after years of consecutive improvements there are still various issues which need to be improved, which include for example issues of efficiency, comfort, and/or reliability. The present invention tries to solve ... 10/20/05 - 20050235139 - Multiple user desktop system The multiple user desktop (MUD) GINA is a loadable dynamic link library (DLL) intended to replace the default Microsoft GINA. It has the ability to create secure, private logon sessions for each user that logs on to the system. There can be up to fourteen (14) users logged in at ... 10/20/05 - 20050235138 - 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 protection code constituting protection code for the MP start-up data. The PLD reads the MP start-up data and ... 10/13/05 - 20050228980 - Less-secure processors, integrated circuits, wireless communications apparatus, methods and processes of making An integrated circuit (122) includes an on-chip boot ROM (132) holding boot code, a non-volatile security identification element (140) having non-volatile information determining a less secure type or more secure type, and a processor (130). The processor (130) is coupled to the on-chip boot ROM (132) and to the non-volatile ... 10/06/05 - 20050223211 - Microprocessor boot-up controller, nonvolatile memory controller, and information processing system The present invention enables a CPU to access a SRAM in the shortest time in sync with the SRAM's ready timing, resulting in a reduction of avarage system boot-up time. The present invention is a processor boot-up controller that includes: volatile memory, which is connected to nonvolatile memory; a selector, ... 10/06/05 - 20050223210 - Machine and method for deployment of os image The present invention provides a deployment technique that can distribute OS images at a high speed. The system of the present invention comprises a deployment machine (hereafter abbreviated to “DM”), a plurality of servers which are connected to the DM via a first communications network, and a storage system which ... 10/06/05 - 20050223209 - Apparatus for fast booting computer and method for the same An apparatus for fast booting computer and method for the same are described. The apparatus has a memory accessing unit for storing a booting information, a main memory, and at least one CPU and a BIOS unit for setting the memory accessing unit as booting device of the computer. The ... 09/29/05 - 20050216723 - Non-volatile semiconductor memory device A non-volatile semiconductor memory device includes a non-volatile memory element group having a first storage area which stores booting data and a second storage area to store storage addresses of the first storage area. The device further includes a detecting circuit which detects turn-ON of a power supply. The device ... 09/29/05 - 20050216722 - Computer system having multi-operation system and method for changing operating system in computer system Embodiments of a computer system and methods for changing operating systems (OSs) can perform a task switching into a different OS without checking a system reset or power off of the system. A method for changing the OS in a multi-OS system can include initializing, at the BIOS, a hardware ... 09/29/05 - 20050216721 - Methods and apparatus for initializing a memory Methods and apparatus for initializing a memory are disclosed. A disclosed system initializes a subset of memory and then loads an operating system. Subsets of a remaining memory are initialized during operating system idle periods. A notification for the operating system to dynamically incorporate the subsets of the remaining memory ... 09/29/05 - 20050216720 - System and method for managing configuration data for a multi-cell computer system According to at least one embodiment, a method of managing configuration data for a multi-cell computer system is provided. The method comprises storing configuration data for a given multi-cell computer system to nonvolatile memory of at least one cell of the given multi-cell computer system. The method further comprises storing ... 09/22/05 - 20050210232 - System and method for monitoring bios messages of remote computers by a local server A system for monitoring BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) messages of remote computers by a local server includes: the local server (1) for executing a monitoring program (11) to send requests for acquiring BIOS messages, and receive and display the BIOS messages; the remote computers (2), each remote computer executing a ... 09/15/05 - 20050204123 - Boot swap method for multiple processor computer systems A boot swap method for multiple processor computer systems utilizes a baseboard management controller (BMC) to manage the abnormal booting problem of multiple processor computer systems. According to the usage state of the central processing unit (CPU) or the basic input/output system (BIOS) stored in read only memory (ROM), a ... 09/08/05 - 20050198487 - Method and apparatus to support remote configuration code A method and related apparatuses involve extensible framework interface (EFI) byte code images packaged within extensible markup language (XML) documents. In one embodiment, a processing system obtains an XML document, extracts an EFI byte code (EBC) image from the XML document, and then executes the EBC image. For instance, such ... 08/18/05 - 20050182923 - Method of controlling portable terminal using external memory A method of controlling a portable terminal using an external memory, wherein a portable terminal is turned on upon insertion of an external memory while in a power off state. A pre-registered ID associated with the external memory is detected or a password is requested upon power-on. Upon detection of ... 08/11/05 - 20050177710 - Method and apparatus for enabling platform configuration A method and related apparatuses provide a virtual runtime interface for modifying basic input/output system (BIOS) settings. A processing system may provide the virtual runtime interface after the processing system has booted an operating system (OS). User input that specifies a modified BIOS setting may be received through the virtual ... 08/04/05 - 20050172114 - Automatically overcoming failed boot attempts to flash media In a computer system according to a preferred embodiment of the invention, failed boot attempts to flash media are automatically detected and overcome without halting the system or requiring user input. The INT 19h handler is modified such that, when the BIOS is attempting to boot to a flash device, ... 08/04/05 - 20050172113 - Method and apparatus for basic input output system loading A method and apparatus for basic input/output system (BIOS) loading includes a graphics processor performing a startup operation. The method and apparatus further includes this central processing unit (CPU) having a cache memory disposed therein. The method and apparatus provides for the graphic processor writing data to the cache memory ... 07/21/05 - 20050160257 - System and method for updating device firmware A system and method is disclosed for providing updated firmware to remote devices. The firmware update is downloaded to the remote device and stored at a storage location at the remote device. Following the successful download and storage of the firmware update, an indicate is set to identify that a ... 07/21/05 - 20050160256 - [remote boot method and device thereof and server device using remote boot method] A method and a device for remote boot and a server device using the same are provided. The method for remote boot includes the following steps. First, a computer having a network boot device is powered. Then, a loader program is downloaded by the network boot device, and then a ... 07/14/05 - 20050154870 - Method for using a timer based smi for system configuration after a resume event A method and system for an improved wake mechanism of an information handling system (IHS) includes an event handler component (EHC) for handling an event in the IHS. A first device configuration component (DCC) receives a first input from the EHC. In response to the first input, it configures a ... 06/30/05 - 20050144435 - Integrated circuit device An integrated circuit device in which a CPU not to be used of a plurality of CPUs formed on one chip can easily be disconnected by an external signal in order to reduce the costs of developing an LSI. In accordance with a CPU selection signal inputted from the outside, ... 06/30/05 - 20050144434 - Partitionable multiprocessor system A system that may optionally be partitioned into multiple domains is disclosed. Each domain is capable of independently powering on, executing a firmware program, and loading an operating system, including a legacy operating system, as well as running an application program that is distinct from programs running on another domain. ... 06/30/05 - 20050144433 - System and method to export pre-boot system access data to be used during operating system runtime A system and method for sharing pre-boot data with agents in the operating system (OS) runtime is disclosed. The disclosed system and method provides a means by which one may be able to provide access to firmware data in the OS runtime without assuming the OS provides non-volatile (NV) variable ... 06/30/05 - 20050144432 - Method for updating bios setting A method for updating BIOS setting is provided. It uses additional memory to store at least one set of system configuration settings so that the user can change the setting in a few seconds after power-on in order to save the time for changing the BIOS setting and to conveniently ... 06/23/05 - 20050138347 - Update in-use flash memory without external interfaces A method, apparatus and program storage device for updating a non-volatile memory in an embedded system is provided. The invention includes detaching the non-volatile memory from all expectable non-volatile memory references, creating a temporary, volatile-memory file system for allocation of volatile memory space as needed for the non-volatile memory update ... 06/23/05 - 20050138346 - Iscsi boot drive system and method for a scalable internet engine A system for remote booting of a server generally includes a client initiator, an iSCSI virtualizer, and an iSCSI initiator. The client initiator requests access to the server and the iSCSI virtualizer receives the access request. Then, the iSCSI initiator acts upon the request received by the iSCSI virtualizer to ... 06/23/05 - 20050138345 - 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 unique code to identify the system to the information storage space in the subsystem. The method comprises determining if the ... 06/09/05 - 20050125652 - Bios update file A system includes a processor, a memory including a basic input/output system (BIOS) in flash memory that includes digital signature verification, and a BIOS update installation process, and a medium containing a BIOS update file. The BIOS update file includes a signed data portion having a volume header, signed data ... 06/09/05 - 20050125651 - Method for providing critical data in an hdd after critical event A method for retrieving critical data determined to be requested by a host device in the near future and stores it in cache. A hard drive retrieves and provides the critical data to the requesting host upon receiving the request, thereby eliminating the time required to respond to the request ... 06/09/05 - 20050125650 - Apparatus, system, and method for adapter fastload An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for fastload code update on a communications adapter. The apparatus includes an image load module, a memory initialization module, and an image overlay module. The image load module is configured to load a copy of a new code image in a memory on ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |