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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) Digital Data Processing System Initialization Or Configuration (e.g., Initializing, Set Up, Configuration, Or Resetting)Digital Data Processing System Initialization Or Configuration (e.g., Initializing, Set Up, Configuration, Or Resetting) 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 - 20060236083 - Method and system for controlling software version updates Methods and systems are provided for controlling asynchronous distribution and installation of software updates affecting applications installed on terminal devices of a wireless network. A versioning schema enforced by the application development environment enables the runtime environment of a terminal device to evaluate a software update to identify potential compatibility ... 10/19/06 - 20060236082 - Compound computer machine and management method of compound computer machine A compound computer machine in which a plurality of modules are installed in one casing and in which trouble of management in combining modules to construct a computer machine is reduced. In the compound computer machine including a processor module; a component module which is combined with the processor module ... 10/19/06 - 20060236081 - Computer system and related method of playing audio files when booting A computer system and related method for playing audio signals when booting the computer system. The computer system includes an audio circuit for playing an audio file when booting and a memory embedded in the audio circuit or externally coupled to the audio circuit for storing the audio file. It ... 10/12/06 - 20060230261 - Device driver customizing method, program, recording medium and information processing device A device driver customizing method that is performed when a second driver is installed in an information processing device in which one or more first drivers each for controlling an image processing device have been already installed, the driver customizing method comprising: a searching step of comparing items included in ... 10/12/06 - 20060230260 - Method for configurating a computing system A method for configuring a computing system having a processing unit and at least one application subsystem for enabling the processing unit to perform system functions, includes packaging the system processing unit in a first housing, and at least one subsystem of the computing system in a second housing separate ... 10/05/06 - 20060224877 - System and method for controlling boot-up process in a communications network switch A system and method for controlling an Ethernet node's boot-up process. Upon detecting a system reset condition with respect to the Ethernet node, a link down condition is effectuated on at least a portion of the link ports of the Ethernet node. Initialization and configuration of system switch software continues ... 10/05/06 - 20060224876 - Device driver, program for customizing the driver, information processing apparatus, and information processing method An information processing apparatus, in which a device driver program including operational configuration information is installed, includes a determining unit that reads confirmation indicating information to determine whether presence of consistency between the operational configuration information and actual device configuration information, which is configuration information of a device to be ... 10/05/06 - 20060224875 - Portable digital player A portable player may include a control unit designed to perform an instant replay operation using instant replay data stored in a nonvolatile semiconductor memory during a cold boot operation. The control unit may be designed to perform the instant replay operation without accessing a mechanical mass storage device during ... 10/05/06 - 20060224874 - Method for updating system management basic input output system (smbios) data A method for updating System Management Basic Input Output System (SMBIOS) data in BIOS of a computer system is provided so as to allow a user to store user-defined information in a storage unit of a computer system, wherein the storage unit has a default SMBIOS data. This method establishes ... 09/28/06 - 20060218386 - Selectable real-world representation system descriptions A method of operating a set of devices comprises receiving a real-world description (30) in the form of an instruction set of a markup language, selecting a source of assets (32) for use by the set of devices, and operating the devices (34) according to the description. The source of ... 09/21/06 - 20060212693 - Multi-chip package device A multi-chip package device includes first and second memory chips configured to share addresses and control signals. The first and second memory chips each include main memory, buffer memory, an option terminal for receiving an option voltage, an access signal generation block, and a controller. The main memory of the ... 09/21/06 - 20060212692 - Computer system In investigating the cause of a fault in a computer storage system, it is considered useful to previously prepare maintenance logical units (LUs) of a simple structure, the operation of which has been confirmed. If the same number of LUs as servers are prepared for each server as in the ... 09/21/06 - 20060212691 - Electronic device having an alterable configuration and methods of manufacturing and configuring the same An electronic device having an alterable configuration and methods of manufacturing and configuring the same are provided. The electronic device includes a processor and a non-volatile memory. The non-volatile memory stores a boot ROM and can store a first operating system in a first operating system partition and a second ... 09/14/06 - 20060206701 - Booting from non-linear memory A method and system for booting a microprocessor controlled device. A microprocessor that is designed to read from a linear storage device executes code from a non linear storage device through an interface or emulator that writes and retrieves specially formatted boot instructions to/from the non linear storage device. ... 09/14/06 - 20060206700 - Information processing apparatus and activation controlling method According to one embodiment, an information processing apparatus includes a body, a storage device which stores an operating system, a first switch provided to the body, a second switch provided to the body, a power control unit which turns on a power supply of the body in response to one ... 09/14/06 - 20060206699 - Network boot system A computer transmits a boot request to a gateway server, and the gateway server, upon receipt of the boot request from the computer, receives boot data stored in a storage server using an upper protocol for security-enhanced communications, and transmits the boot data to the computer using a lower protocol ... 09/14/06 - 20060206698 - Generic collection and delivery of telemetry data The present invention extends to generic collection and delivery of telemetry data. A telemetry component receives telemetry data, through a common telemetry interface that is accessible to a plurality of applications, from an application. The received telemetry data is aggregated with any existing telemetry in a telemetry database. In response ... 08/31/06 - 20060195685 - Function addition apparatus and function addition method A function addition apparatus allows an added function to be started-up immediately after a computer has been powered on or reset. A function expansion program stored in a program storage section is called, before a start-up program starts-up an operating system, by the start-up program and is executed by the ... 08/24/06 - 20060190713 - Weighted processor selection apparatus and method for use in multiprocessor systems A processor programmed to write to a memory location a first weighted value corresponding to the processor to overwrite a second weighted value stored in the memory location and associated with another processor. The processor is also programmed to compare the first weighted value of the processor with the second ... 08/24/06 - 20060190712 - Production of color coatings gradients, application methods and uses therefor This invention pertains to the production of color coatings gradients to be used for color composition customization and for visually displaying alphanumeric data/information on 2D and 3D surfaces. This invention integrates gradient specific programmable computer digital processes to function as internal editors, manipulate information and present the operator with multiple ... 08/17/06 - 20060184782 - Power up initialization for memory A memory device is described that enhances initialization of the memory device. In the prior art, initialization of synchronous Flash memory requires the release of hardware signal line, RP#, or an initialization command, LCR, and a following initialization time wait period of 50 μS to 100 μS. The improved memory ... 08/17/06 - 20060184781 - Data processing apparatus and control method for a data processing apparatus A data processing apparatus comprising: flash ROM that can communicate with a CPU, the flash ROM comprises a boot sector that stores a boot selector program, a first boot sector and a second boot sector each storing a boot program that is selectively called by the boot selector program. The ... 08/17/06 - 20060184780 - Start time reduction device and electronic device With a temporary operating unit being operating, a user provides a boot timing using a boot timing instructing unit. This causes a CPU to compute a boot preparation timing based on the boot timing, and store the boot timing and boot preparation timing to a boot timing memory. At this ... 08/10/06 - 20060179293 - Method to boot computer system only to a secure network A method to boot a computer system only to a secured network is disclosed. In accordance with one embodiment, a method to boot a client only to a secured network, includes connecting the client to a secured network server through the secured network, wherein the secured network server functions as ... 08/03/06 - 20060174099 - Embedded system, automatic loading system, and method capable of automatically loading a root file system An embedded system, automatic loading system and method capable of automatically loading a root file system. The method includes turning on the embedded system to execute a boot code; utilizing the boot code for executing a kernel, utilizing the kernel for activating a root file system auto initial program to ... 08/03/06 - 20060174098 - Read/write card for flash memory A read/write card for a flash memory is provided to perform a startup process of a main board and a burning process of a burner. The read/write card of the flash memory comprises an interface card, a flash memory, a burner adaptor, and a processing unit. The flash memory card ... 07/27/06 - 20060168438 - Auto configuration of portable computers for use in wireless local area networks A method and apparatus for the configuration of a wireless network adapter is disclosed. A wireless network adapter is provided with software that enables the adapter to recognize and connect with one or more networks. Software profiles are loaded onto or created on the adapter. The software profiles each correspond ... 07/27/06 - 20060168437 - Method of controlling an image forming apparatus A method of controlling an image forming apparatus having at least one consumption part. The method includes fetching specification information corresponding to the at least one consumption part, detecting whether control information for controlling a printing operation of the image forming apparatus according to the specification information is present in ... 07/27/06 - 20060168436 - Systems and methods to facilitate the creation and configuration management of computing systems Systems and methods are provided to facilitate the creation and configuration management of computing systems. According to some embodiments, component and configuration information associated with a computing system to be created is received. In addition, a target hardware platform to be associated with the computing system is determined. Based on ... 07/27/06 - 20060168435 - Operating-system-friendly bootloader A conventional bootloader can conflict with the operating system (OS) of a multi-processor system. An OS-friendly bootloader and methods are described that integrate an OS with a bootloader in any system in which a host processor and a client processor have a communication mechanism that requires the OS for the ... 07/13/06 - 20060155977 - System and method for information handling system boot device branding of boot information Information handling system boot with an operating system initiated by a BIOS maintains consistency of storage device numbering order between the BIOS and the operating system by branding BIOS storage device configuration information on the storage devices for subsequent use by the operating system. A branding module in a Linux ... 07/06/06 - 20060149957 - Method for initializing a ram of an electronic device Disclosed is a method for initializing a RAM of an electronic device capable of reducing a time consumed for a RAM initializing process to rapidly make progress a boot-up process of an electronic device such as mobile communication terminal. The method comprises steps of filling a zero-initialize region of the ... 07/06/06 - 20060149956 - Instant-on computer system and method for instantly booting a computer system A method for instantly booting a computer system is provided. In an embodiment, a flag for activation of a first operating system or a second operating system of the computer system is defined. A quick key is enabled to activate the computer system. A BIOS of the computer system is ... 07/06/06 - 20060149955 - Customization of electronic devices via pre-boot space Methods and apparatuses for maintaining customization information for an electronic device in an operating system independent component that may be accessed prior to completion of a boot up process to be used to provide customized functionality of the electronic device. ... 07/06/06 - 20060149954 - Apparatus and method for accommodating different central processing units in a computer A computer may use either of two types of central processing units having similar boot vectors by detecting which type of processor is present and dynamically adjusting, if necessary, the initialization-instruction address signals associated with one or the other type. Detecting which type of processor is present may be performed ... 06/29/06 - 20060143430 - System and method for computer hardware identification A system for identifying specific information regarding the hardware configuration of a computer system improves resolution of problems via online crash and is usable for other purposes as well. Embodiments of the employ applications directed by remote computers functioning as servers, which use the specific computer system hardware-configuration information provided ... 06/22/06 - 20060136702 - Methods and apparatuses for configuring products Methods and apparatuses for configuring products for security. In one aspect, a method of manufacturing a device, includes: determining a first executable code for the device, the first executable code being one of a plurality of different executable codes that are capable of being executed on the device, the plurality ... 06/15/06 - 20060129792 - Architecture for virtual private networks Protocols and architecture for secure virtual private networks. Intraenterprise data communications are supported in a secure manner over the Internet or other public network space with the implementation of secure virtual private networks. Members of a virtual private network group exchange data that may be compressed, encrypted and authenticated, if ... 06/15/06 - 20060129791 - Secure booting apparatus and method A secure booting apparatus and method, in which integrity can be guaranteed when booting with an operating system (OS). The secure booting apparatus includes an OS storing unit, a memory unit, and a control unit. The OS storing unit includes a first region that stores an OS and a second ... 06/15/06 - 20060129790 - Network interface sharing methods and apparatuses that support kernel mode data traffic and user mode data traffic Methods and apparatuses are provided that allow kernel mode data traffic and user mode data traffic to share a common network communication port. One apparatus includes user mode logic, kernel mode logic, and kernel mode to user mode interface logic. The interface logic is configured to receive data packets and ... 06/15/06 - 20060129789 - Power-on method for computer system with hyper-threading processor A power-on method for a computer system comprising a processor supporting Hyper-Threading, a Read Only Memory (ROM) and a main memory, wherein the processor comprises a cache memory and the ROM comprises BIOS codes. The power-on method comprises the following steps. First, the processor is initialized in a Hyper-Threading disabled ... 06/15/06 - 20060129788 - System and method for initially configuring and booting a device using a device identifier The unique identifier (UID) boot system provides a system and method for booting a network connected processing system. Briefly described, one embodiment is a method comprising receiving a UID, the UID uniquely identifying the network connected processing system; determining a directory structure from a first portion of the UID, the ... 06/08/06 - 20060123222 - Techniques for storing accurate operating current values A technique for storing accurate operating current values using programmable elements on memory devices. More specifically, programmable elements, such as antifuses, located on a memory device are programmed with measured operating current values corresponding to the memory device, during fabrication. The memory device may be incorporated into a memory module ... 06/08/06 - 20060123221 - Techniques for storing accurate operating current values Methods of configuring a system. More specifically, operating current values corresponding to respective memory devices of memory module may be stored in programmable elements, such as antifuses, located on the memory device, during fabrication. The operating current values may be read from and/or stored in a non-volatile memory device on ... 06/08/06 - 20060123220 - Speech recognition in bios A computer system has firmware used to configure hardware of the system or execute functions for generating user outputs from the system without loading an operating system. The firmware has a voice command recognition engine for accepting voice command data from a microphone and microphone circuitry. Recognized voice commands are ... 06/01/06 - 20060117169 - Using limits on address translation to control access to an addressable entity A data storage resource is identifiable by physical addresses, and optionally by a virtual address. A policy defines which resources are accessible and which resources are not accessible. A request to access a resource is allowed if access to the resource is permitted by the policy, and if carrying out ... 06/01/06 - 20060117168 - Computer system with restart control circuit A computer system includes a power supply, a mainboard, and a restart control circuit. The power supply includes a system power source output and a stand-by power source output. The restart control circuit has a first input connected to the system power source output, a second input connected to the ... 05/25/06 - 20060112263 - Basic input output system and computer reset method A computer reset method activated by a South Bridge to directly reset a Central Processing Unit (CPU). First, a trigger signal is received. A CPU reset signal is delivered by the South Bridge when receiving the trigger signal. Thereafter, the CPU is reset when receiving the CPU reset signal from ... 05/18/06 - 20060107029 - Method and apparatus for multiple boot environments within a hard disk drive This invention includes a method providing at least two boot environments with only one hard disk drive, by using at least two disk surfaces within the hard disk drive. The invention includes the hard disk drives implementing the method. The hard disk drive may include more than two disk surfaces ... 05/04/06 - 20060095754 - Method and computer program product for offloading processing tasks from software to hardware Offloading specific processing tasks that would otherwise be performed in a computer system's processor and memory, to a peripheral device. The computing task is then performed by the peripheral, thereby saving computer system resources for other computing tasks. In one preferred embodiment, the disclosed method is utilized in a layered ... 05/04/06 - 20060095753 - Information processing apparatus and boot control method An information processing apparatus includes a main body, an input device that is provided on the main body and inputs input data that designates one of a plurality of boot devices, a reproduction unit that reproduces data for identifying the boot device that is designated by the input data, and ... 04/20/06 - 20060085629 - Mapping a reset vector The present disclosure relates to booting a computing device, and more specifically mapping a reset vector to a block device attached via a peripheral device bus. ... 04/20/06 - 20060085628 - Adaptive booting from mass storage device A prior art mass storage device for bootstrap loading of a computer operating system must be configured on a set-up computer whose BIOS has the same geometrical translation scheme as the BIOS of the host computer where the storage device is intended to be installed and used. The present invention ... 04/20/06 - 20060085627 - Method for acquiring edid in a powered down edid compliant display controller A display controller coupled to a display device by way of a display interface and to a host device by way of a data port that includes a processor arranged to process executable instructions and associated data, a single memory device for storing the executable instructions and associated data and ... 04/20/06 - 20060085626 - Updating system configuration information A data storage system and associated method comprising system configuration information; a first processor adapted for identifying a portion of the system configuration information in response to a configuration change request to the memory space, and for signaling an update request incident with the configuration change request to a second ... 04/20/06 - 20060085625 - Computer disposal apparatus, system, and method An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for autonomically disposing a computer such as a workstation. The computer's local persistent storage medium is configured with pre-boot image which is configured with a set of functional modules that facilitate disposal or recycling of the computer to the next user. The disposal ... 04/06/06 - 20060075214 - Method and system for generating user-interface output sequences A system and/or method that generates user interface output sequences controlled by a user interface output system. The user interface output system can provide event definitions to an application program that specify high-level actions to be performed by the sequence and can issue low-level commands to direct the actions of ... 03/30/06 - 20060069905 - Optical transceiver module A physical-layer unit carries out startup processing in response to a first reset signal delivered from a host, generates and outputs a second reset signal to a data control unit in consideration of time required for the startup processing, reads data for initial setting stored in a storage unit of ... 03/30/06 - 20060069904 - Information processing apparatus and startup control method According to one embodiment of the invention, the second processor working as a sub-processor starts up when power has been turned on, runs the boot program stored in the ROM, and starts the first processor working as a main processor. After having been started, the first processor loads a DRAM ... 03/30/06 - 20060069903 - Method and apparatus for establishing safe processor operating points 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 operating points of an adjustable processor operating parameter. Some embodiments may further include an element to determine what the current processor operating ... 03/30/06 - 20060069902 - Method for recovering operating system and user data executed in a computer and its recovery system thereof This invention discloses a recovery method comprising the step of (a) preparing an optical disc which comprises a small operating system, a recovery utility program, and recovered computer operating system/application program/user data; (b) starting the optical disc to run the small operating system and the recovery utility program in the ... 03/23/06 - 20060064574 - Application framework for use with net-centric application program architectures A robust toolkit provides facilities that can be assembled in a modular manner to specify the fundamental architecture of a net-centric application. A bootstrapping process assembles various facilities within the architecture. A configuration facility defines an API for getting properties that can be defined in any number of different types ... 03/23/06 - 20060064573 - Pipeline architecture for use with net-centric application program architectures A robust toolkit provides facilities that can be assembled in a modular manner to specify the fundamental architecture of a net-centric application. A bootstrapping process assembles various facilities within the architecture. A configuration facility defines an API for getting properties that can be defined in any number of different types ... 03/23/06 - 20060064572 - Automatic initialization A system and method of initializing an integrated circuit. The method includes initiating the integrated circuit and loading at least one initialization word from storage device. The storage device can be external from the integrated circuit. The integrated circuit can be initialized with at least one data value in the ... 03/23/06 - 20060064571 - Systems, methods, and apparatus for providing efficient startup to computers with peripheral devices The present invention is broadly directed to systems and methods for providing efficient startup procedures in computer systems. One embodiment of the present disclosure provides an efficient startup procedure by implementing a streamlined boot code procedure. In this embodiment, the computer system performs normal BIOS initialization routines, but executes one ... 03/16/06 - 20060059329 - Network interface sharing methods and apparatuses that support kernel mode data traffic and user mode data traffic Methods and apparatuses are provided that allow kernel mode data traffic and user mode data traffic to share a common network communication port. One apparatus includes user mode logic, kernel mode logic, and kernel mode to user mode interface logic. The interface logic is configured to receive data packets and ... 03/16/06 - 20060059328 - Data processing system having a channel adapter shared by multiple operating systems A channel adaptor is provided which can be shared by a plurality of operating systems (OS's) running in a data processing system, by generating an address translation table without changing input/output process control data. A plurality of OS's execute an input/output process for the channel adaptor by using input/output process ... 03/16/06 - 20060059327 - Method to reset an image to a known state A method and apparatus for resetting an image to a known state are provided. The method comprises autonomously deleting a plurality of first registry files associated with a current state and a non-proprietary file system; loading a kernel associated with a known state; and restoring a plurality of second registry ... 03/09/06 - 20060053275 - Network interface sharing methods and apparatuses that support kernel mode data traffic and user mode data traffic Methods and apparatuses are provided that allow kernel mode data traffic and user mode data traffic to share a common network communication port. One apparatus includes user mode logic, kernel mode logic, and kernel mode to user mode interface logic. The interface logic is configured to receive data packets and ... 03/09/06 - 20060053274 - Information processing apparatus for changing firmware data An information processing apparatus is characterized in that firmware is easily replaced in the case where a booting operating system is changed for another to improve the operational efficiency associated with the changing of the operating system; plural pieces of firmware, each of which is compatible with each of plural ... 03/09/06 - 20060053273 - Methods for memory initialization A memory initialization method for a plurality of memories. The memories are initialized according to predetermined initial parameters. A first quantity of the memories is detected. Optimum parameters are set according hardware information of the memories. The memories are re-initialized according to the optimum parameters. A second quantity of the ... 03/09/06 - 20060053272 - Kernel configuration recovery Systems, methods, and devices are provided for kernel configurations. One embodiment includes a kernel configuration tool, a system file accessible by the kernel configuration tool, and means for recovering kernel configurations without the use of a manually creating a “known good post update” kernel configuration. ... 03/02/06 - 20060047938 - Method and apparatus to initialize cpu A method and apparatus to initialize a central processing unit (CPU). The apparatus includes: the CPU decoding a program command of an electronic device and executing the command; a first memory to store a booting program to boot the electronic device and initialization data to initialize the CPU; and a ... 02/23/06 - 20060041737 - Relay apparatus and method of rebooting the same A relay apparatus enables automatic execution of the reboot process after a controller has detected a discontinuance of data. Accordingly, data in a communication is reliably prevented from destruction. Moreover, the reboot process can be achieved with simple operations. In addition, an operator is allowed to finish operations for changing ... 02/16/06 - 20060036844 - Network interface sharing methods and apparatuses that support kernel mode data traffic and user mode data traffic Methods and apparatuses are provided that allow kernel mode data traffic and user mode data traffic to share a common network communication port. One apparatus includes user mode logic, kernel mode logic, and kernel mode to user mode interface logic. The interface logic is configured to receive data packets and ... 02/16/06 - 20060036843 - Network interface sharing methods and apparatuses that support kernel mode data traffic and user mode data traffic Methods and apparatuses are provided that allow kernel mode data traffic and user mode data traffic to share a common network communication port. One apparatus includes user mode logic, kernel mode logic, and kernel mode to user mode interface logic. The interface logic is configured to receive data packets and ... 02/16/06 - 20060036842 - Network interface sharing methods and apparatuses that support kernel mode data traffic and user mode data traffic Methods and apparatuses are provided that allow kernel mode data traffic and user mode data traffic to share a common network communication port. One apparatus includes user mode logic, kernel mode logic, and kernel mode to user mode interface logic. The interface logic is configured to receive data packets and ... 02/16/06 - 20060036841 - Networking interface sharing methods and apparatuses that support kernel mode data traffic and user mode data traffic Methods and apparatuses are provided that allow kernel mode data traffic and user mode data traffic to share a common network communication port. One apparatus includes user mode logic, kernel mode logic, and kernel mode to user mode interface logic. The interface logic is configured to receive data packets and ... 02/16/06 - 20060036840 - Network interface sharing methods and apparatuses that support kernel mode data traffic and user mode data traffic Methods and apparatuses are provided that allow kernel mode data traffic and user mode data traffic to share a common network communication port. One apparatus includes user mode logic, kernel mode logic, and kernel mode to user mode interface logic. The interface logic is configured to receive data packets and ... 02/16/06 - 20060036839 - Network interface sharing methods and apparatuses that support kernel mode data traffic and user mode data traffic Methods and apparatuses are provided that allow kernel mode data traffic and user mode data traffic to share a common network communication port. One apparatus includes user mode logic, kernel mode logic, and kernel mode to user mode interface logic. The interface logic is configured to receive data packets and ... 02/16/06 - 20060036838 - Security system network interface and security system incorporating the same An interface for coupling one or more security devices to a network. The interface includes a server for loading a network page in a browser; and at least one control module for receiving data from the network page loaded to facilitate communication of the data between the network page the ... 02/09/06 - 20060031665 - Authentications integrated into a boot code image A method, computer program product and system for storing or updating authentications, e.g., passwords, in a boot code image, i.e., binary executable boot code, stored within a Read Only Memory (ROM), e.g., flash ROM, of a terminal from a remote central site. An authentication may be stored in the boot ... 02/09/06 - 20060031664 - Method and system for loading and updating firmware in an embedded device System and method for loading and/or updating firmware in a device, e.g., an embedded device, operable to be coupled to a host computer system. A first portion of firmware of the device, e.g., a boot loader, may be executable to operate the device, including processing requests from the host computer ... 02/02/06 - 20060026414 - Managing the environmental configuration for an application disposed in removable storage A method, system and apparatus for managing environmental configuration for removable storage. A removable storage configured to store at least one host application installation for one or more host computing systems can include a service registry module (SRM) configured to store environmental configuration data for an application installed in the ... 01/26/06 - 20060020778 - Programmable memory initialization system and method The present invention provides for a system for programmable memory initialization. A configuration module is configured with initialization control commands and associated configuration information. An initialization module is coupled to the configuration module and a memory device and is configured to receive initialization control commands and associated configuration information from ... 01/19/06 - 20060015710 - Method for sharing host processor for non-operating system uses A method for using an operating system device for non-operating system uses. A false event signal is generated to indicate that a device should be shut down. After this is accomplished, the device is used for a different purpose while the operating system thinks it is inoperative. Once the other ... 01/12/06 - 20060010313 - Methods and devices for dram initialization A device for DRAM initialization of a computer system. A detection circuit detects memory condition and outputs a fast initialization signal. A buffer stores initialization parameters of the memory. A memory controller sets the initialization parameters according to memory information, and reads the memory condition to initialize the memory when ... 01/12/06 - 20060010312 - Information processing method, program for realizing the method, and recording medium There is provided an information processing method characterized in that, in accordance with an instruction from a host CPU 411, either CPU 103 or 104 loads a common code and an instruction code defined to be executed by itself from an external memory 110 into an internal memory 101, the ... 01/05/06 - 20060005002 - Common platform pre-boot and run-time firmware services Common operations that are to be performed by various environment-specific entities are identified. The environments may include pre-boot environment and run-time environment. A common entity is established to include the common operations. The common entity may be stored in memory associated with system management mode (SMM). A system management interrupt ... 01/05/06 - 20060005001 - Using hierarchical ini files to represent complex user settings in a multi user environment A method is disclosed comprising initializing and/or modifying a first set of computer configuration data for a first user based on the first user's membership in a first group, initializing and/or modifying a second set of computer configuration data for the first user without regard to the first user's membership ... 01/05/06 - 20060005000 - Enhancing trusted platform module performance A computer system comprises a system trust module for taking measurements for platform specific firmware during a system boot and a trust subsystem comprising a subsystem trust module for taking measurements for software provisioned on the computer system. The subsystem trust module is in communication with the system trust module. ... 12/29/05 - 20050289335 - Boot system, boot method, and data processing apparatus using the boot method A boot system is provided for storing boot data into respective ones of a plurality of data storage means provided in a processing means that executes a process, and to thereby boot the processing means, the system including a boot data storage means provided to each of the data storage ... 12/29/05 - 20050289334 - Method for loading multiprocessor program In a computer system having a plurality of processing elements (PE#0 to PE#n) and adopting a distributed-shared-memory-type multiprocessor scheme, a master PE (for example, PE#0) executing a multi PE loader transfers an MPMD program for PE#k to a predetermined area of memory space of PE#0 to which a unique memory ... 12/29/05 - 20050289333 - Method to provide system state information in a platform agnostic manner A method of storing data related to system initialization in a data hub in a manner which provides accessibility to the data in either the pre-boot environment or the run-time environment. ... 12/29/05 - 20050289332 - Platform boot speed A method, system and article of manufacture to improve the boot speed of a platform. One or more non-blocking platform initializations are performed during a pre-boot phase of a computer system. One or more platform initializations are performed during the pre-boot phase, wherein the one or more platform initializations are ... 12/22/05 - 20050283596 - Method for ensuring correct sub-system bios for specified system A method for ensuring a correct sub-system BIOS for a specified system checks whether first identifying information associated with a system BIOS of the specified system is consistent with second identifying information associated with the sub-system BIOS upon initialization of the specified system. While a normal boot-up sequence is performed ... 12/22/05 - 20050283595 - Initialization code in a network processor A method includes loading initialization code into a control store in an embedded microprocessor and executing the initialization code. The method determines if the execution of the initialization code is complete and replaces the initialization code in the control store with main code. ... 12/22/05 - 20050283594 - Method and apparatus for archive data validation in an archive system A method and apparatus for validation of archived data that includes one or more servers or data sources, an archive server, and one or more storage subsystems. Data is received from the data source and a verification code is generated on the data using a verification method. The data, and ... 12/15/05 - 20050278523 - Apparatus and method to decrease boot time and hibernate awaken time of a computer system A method and apparatus to decrease the boot time and the hibernate awaken time of a computer system is presented. Static and dynamic configuration data is stored in flash memory. The size of flash memory is selected so that the initialization time of the configuration data stored in the flash ... 12/15/05 - 20050278522 - Apparatus and method to decrease boot time and hibernate awaken time of a computer system A method and apparatus to decrease the boot time and the hibernate awaken time of a computer system is presented. Static and dynamic configuration data is stored in flash memory. The size of flash memory is selected so that the initialization time of the configuration data stored in the flash ... 12/15/05 - 20050278521 - Installation method, apparatus, control program, and medium storing control program The present invention relates to an information processing apparatus capable of executing plug and play processing for starting up one installation processing operation upon acquiring one device identification information item. The information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit for acquiring at least one device identification information item including a plurality ... 12/15/05 - 20050278520 - Task scheduling apparatus in distributed processing system A task scheduling apparatus of a distributed processing system having a plurality of processing units for processing a plurality of distributed tasks is provided. As a first task scheduling method, the task scheduling apparatus allocates a task to a processing unit having the lowest temperature. As a second task scheduling ... 12/15/05 - 20050278519 - Portable timer apparatus, home system and method of timing for an object A home system includes a server having a first wireless communication port, and a plurality of devices, such as sensors. Each one of the devices includes a corresponding second wireless communication port. One or more of the devices is a timer/reminder sensor device associated with an object of interest. The ... 12/15/05 - 20050278518 - Electronic system capable of using universal plug and play (upnp) protocol to update software program and method thereof An electronic system includes a network interface connecting the electronic system to a network, a non-volatile memory containing system software, and a CPU connected to the network interface and the non-volatile memory. The CPU discovers new software update components on the network using a universal plug and play (UPnP) protocol, ... 12/08/05 - 20050273586 - 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 ... 12/08/05 - 20050273585 - System and method associated with persistent reset detection Systems, methodologies, media, and other embodiments associated with detecting and/or reacting to a persistent reset state are described. One exemplary method embodiment includes analyzing a reset signal and a power good signal and a timing relationship between their (de)assertions. The example method may also include generating a signal related to ... 12/08/05 - 20050273584 - Locating environment variables in non-volatile memory In accordance with at least some embodiments of the invention, a system comprises a processor, a non-volatile memory coupled to the processor and containing one or more environment variables that preserve the configuration of the computer system, and a system read-only memory (ROM) coupled to the processor. The system ROM ... 12/01/05 - 20050268083 - Method and system for using internal fifo ram to improve system boot times Embodiments of methods and systems for improving boot-up time in computer systems utilize RAM in devices separate from the main memory, normally dedicated to another function, to provide a stack and temporary storage during BIOS execution, enabling BIOS to call subroutines and execute in a multi-threading fashion, speeding system boot-up. ... 12/01/05 - 20050268082 - Method and apparatus to boot system from the usb port In one embodiment, a design is described for providing the BIOS instructions to a computer through the USB port. At boot-up, a USB controller checks the USB port for a bootable device containing BIOS instructions. If a bootable device is connected, the USB controller transfers the BIOS instructions through the ... 12/01/05 - 20050268081 - Booting system and/or method for initializing peripherals A booting system, method, and/or medium initializing peripherals of a computer system. The booting system initializing peripherals includes an auxiliary memory device including execution codes of an embedded OS in a predetermined area thereof, a CPU for extracting and executing the codes, and a plurality of peripherals that can self-initialize ... 12/01/05 - 20050268080 - Offline configuration tool for secure store administration A system and method are provided for a configuration tool to administer a secure store file. In an embodiment, a front-end layer of the configuration tool displays a visual representation of one or more properties stored in a secure store file. The configuration tool may receive input identifying one of ... 12/01/05 - 20050268079 - 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 storage controller manages I/O access to the at least one storage unit. A scanner program is loaded before executing any ... 12/01/05 - 20050268078 - Distributed advanced power management Power management commands from virtual machines (VMs) in a VM environment may be trapped by a VM monitor. Depending on the current power states of the other VMs in the VM environment, the VMM may emulate increase or decrease in available resources as applied to the VM issuing the power ... 12/01/05 - 20050268077 - Memory system for an electronic device and the method for controlling the same A memory system applied to an electronic device has a small-capacity linear-addressed nonvolatile memory having a boot code and system information stored therein and a high-capacity data flash memory in which an operating system (OS) and frequently accessed user data are recorded. While the memory system is booting up, the ... 11/24/05 - 20050262335 - Performing resource analysis on one or more cards of a compute system A method of performing resource analysis on one or more cards of a computer system is described and disclosed. In an embodiment, the method includes identifying one or more affected hardware identifiers. Each affected hardware identifier corresponds to any of the cards. Configuration information of the computer system is gathered. ... 11/24/05 - 20050262334 - Computer restoration apparatus The present invention relates generally to a novel computer fitted with a switch that is capable of restoring a computer that has had an operating system or hard drive crash and the corresponding method of restoration and apparatus that is capable of restoring. ... 11/17/05 - 20050257040 - Information processing system and method of controlling the same An information processing system operating in response to a remote control signal transmitted from a remote controller, the information processing system including a remote signal receiver to receive the remote control signal; an interrupt generator to generate a system management interrupt signal when receives the remote control signal by the ... 11/17/05 - 20050257039 - Virtual private network configuration system and method Method for configuring a tunnel connection between a first gateway and second gateway. Configuration of the tunnel connection is completed at the first gateway in response to a user request. At the second gateway, a request is received from the user to configure the second gateway, and an identification of ... 11/17/05 - 20050257038 - Automotive electronic control unit and a method for storing configuration data in the same The invention discloses a method of storing configuration information in an Electronic Control Unit (ECU). This method discloses storing configuration information at a sequence of address locations. After all of the configuration information is stored, a recognizable block separator is stored in the next address location in the sequence. This ... 11/10/05 - 20050251672 - Mobile communication terminal including nand flash memory and method for booting the same A mobile communication terminal with a NAND flash memory is described. The terminal includes a memory for storing address information indicative of a start address of a specific area including boot data to be read from the NAND flash memory; and a sub-controller for determining whether a predetermined block including ... 11/10/05 - 20050251671 - Method for sampling optic disc data and apparatus thereof The present invention discloses a method for sampling optic disc data. The method includes the following steps. First, a first sync tag signal and a data signal are provided, and the previous first sync tag signal is saved as a second sync tag signal. Then, it is checked and determined ... 11/10/05 - 20050251670 - Configuring multi-thread status One exemplary method for configuring multi-thread status in a system having a core with multi-thread capability which comprises the steps of selecting a desired multi-thread status from either enabled status or disabled status and configuring the core to the desired multi-thread status. ... 11/03/05 - 20050246517 - Method for ensuring optimal memory configuration in a computer A method according to the invention ensures optimal memory configuration in a computer: A determination is made whether performance can be improved by rearranging the DIMMs that are installed in the computer. If so, then a user of the computer is notified that the DIMMs can be rearranged to improve ... 11/03/05 - 20050246516 - Method and apparatus for implementing distributed scsi devices using enhanced adapter reservations A method and apparatus are provided for implementing distributed (SCSI) devices using enhanced adapter reservations. A plurality of adapters is provided. Each adapter implements a plurality of logical devices with each logical device respectively coupled to a port of the distributed SCSI devices. The adapters manage reservations for the plurality ... 10/27/05 - 20050240755 - Quick starting external programmer for implantable medical device A system and method for restoring a microprocessor-based system to a previously booted target state in which an image of memory and the processor registers in the previously booted state is saved and stored in a storage device. A restore routine executing in ROM retrieves the image from the storage ... 10/27/05 - 20050240754 - Service interfaces In a data communication system at least one content provider may be configured to serve clients based on data received from at least one content supplier. The data communication system is provided with an authenticator configured to maintain authentication information associated with the at least one content supplier and to ... 10/27/05 - 20050240753 - Supporting different instruction set architectures during run time A platform may use heterogeneous instruction set architectures which may be called during run time. Using a system table, an operating system may be directed to the appropriate services for any of two or more instruction set architectures during run time. ... 10/20/05 - 20050235137 - Rack equipment capacity on demand system and method A rack equipment capacity control system and method is presented. In one embodiment of the present invention, a capacity demand plan rack equipment control method is utilized to control operation of rack equipment. A rack equipment capacity alteration request is received. An analysis of the rack equipment capacity alteration request ... 10/20/05 - 20050235136 - Methods and systems for thread monitoring Methods and systems to provide monitoring of operation of threads of a multi-threaded process. In one aspect a reusable thread monitor class is provided that permits each thread desiring monitoring to register with a monitor supervisor. The monitor supervisor may be instantiated in a thread of the process and monitors ... 10/20/05 - 20050235135 - Input/output device disable control for pc-based consumer electronics device An electronic system that includes control logic that causes input and output ports to be disabled during the interruption windows of the initialization process, and subsequently to be selectively disabled or enabled after completion of the initialization process. The input and output ports are disabled during initialization of the electronic ... 10/13/05 - 20050228979 - Stored-program device A stored-program device includes a disguise-signal transmitting unit that obtains a disguise signal, and transmits the disguise signal to a computer, upon receiving a request from the computer, a program transferring unit that obtains the arbitrary program and transfers the arbitrary program to the computer, and an install controlling unit ... 10/13/05 - 20050228978 - Software download into a receiver The invention relates to a method of downloading software programs into a storage unit. The software programs include a boot code and an application code, the boot code allowing downloading the application code. The storage unit comprises at least a current boot code and a current application code. The method ... 10/06/05 - 20050223208 - Transient transceiver clock configuration A telecommunications system that includes an external memory, an internal memory and a system clock. A boot component is configured to use the clock signal generated by the system clock to load data from external memory into internal memory when the telecommunication system operates in initialization mode. The telecommunication system ... 10/06/05 - 20050223207 - Method and apparatus for remote flashing of a bios memory in a data processing system A method and apparatus thereof for flashing a BIOS of a data processing system remotely are provided. A BIOS flash instruction is given remotely from a remote console, transmitted to a microprocessor and a corresponding storage media of the data processing system via network, where the microprocessor is irresponsible for ... 10/06/05 - 20050223206 - Memory modules having accurate operating current values stored thereon and methods for fabricating and implementing such devices Memory modules having accurate operating current values stored thereon and methods for fabricating and implementing such devices to improve system performance. Memory modules comprising a number of volatile memory devices may be fabricated. Operating current values for specific memory devices on the memory module or a specific lot in which ... 09/29/05 - 20050216719 - Method and apparatus for adaptive cpu power management A method and apparatus are disclosed for performing adaptive run-time power management in a system employing a CPU and an operating system. A CPU cycle tracker (CCT) module monitors critical CPU signals and generates CPU performance data based on the critical CPU signals. An adaptive CPU throttler (THR) module uses ... 09/29/05 - 20050216718 - Electronic device supporting multiple update agents Disclosed herein is a method for updating at least one of firmware, software, device components, and device configuration in an electronic device. The method and apparatus may employ at least one update agent or a plurality of update agents. An electronic device supporting multiple update agents may be adapted to ... 09/29/05 - 20050216717 - Clientless external storage device A method for installing an external storage device (such as a hard drive) to a computer is disclosed. The external hard drive includes a driver storage formed integral to the external hard drive. The driver storage stores the device driver information. Upon connection to the computer, the external hard drive's ... 09/29/05 - 20050216716 - System and method for licensing and distribution of i/o in partitioned computer systems A method and system for a partitioned computer system includes the allocation and limiting of input/output (I/O) resources. The method involves reading an I/O key that allocates a system-wide upper limit on I/O resources. The limit may be divided by the number of active partitions within the computer system. Each ... 09/29/05 - 20050216715 - System and method for flexible option rom booting A method includes receiving input from a user and, in response to the input, selecting one of a BCV (boot connection vector) pointer and a BEV (bootstrap entry vector) pointer to have a non-null value. ... 09/22/05 - 20050210231 - Controlling update of content of a programmable read-only memory To control update of content in a programmable read-only memory in a system, the security status associated with the system is determined, where the security status is one of a secure mode and non-secure mode. In response to detecting that the system is in secure mode, a write to the ... 09/22/05 - 20050210230 - Semiconductor device A processor (1) having an instruction memory (2) supplies addressing information and setting values to be set to registers (REGA to REGD) to a setting interface unit (3), and address values of the registers are outputted from an address output unit (5) based on the addressing information. The outputted address ... 09/22/05 - 20050210229 - Method and system for configuration of processor integrated devices in multi-processor systems The ability to configure an integrated device with a decoder in a processor or network component according to PCI or PCI Express interconnects. ... 09/22/05 - 20050210228 - Ram disk boot of optical media image A method includes loading an optical media image representing the content of a physical optical media device from an optical media image source into random access memory (RAM) and emulating the physical optical media device using the optical media image. The optical media image is in an optical media format. ... 09/22/05 - 20050210227 - Multilevel ticket-based job management architecture for computing devices A job completion architecture, includes content that is specified as a hierarchical tree of related content units and a set of multilevel tickets associated with instances of the hierarchically arranged content units. The job manager applies the multilevel tickets, specifying property settings at potentially multiple levels within the hierarchical tree, ... 09/15/05 - 20050204122 - Hierarchical storage architecture for reconfigurable logic configurations The present invention, generally speaking, provides a hierarchy of configuration storage. The highest level of the hierarchy is an active configuration store; the lowest level is an off-chip configuration store; in between are one or more levels of configuration stores. Every configuration is promoted from the lowest off-chip level, through ... 09/08/05 - 20050198486 - Information technology development transformation The present invention provides approaches to assist the practitioner in transforming information technology (IT) development organizations. The methods are repeatable for implementation among multiple IT development organizations, yet can be tailored to the individual needs of each organization. The methods are designed to address the challenges faced by IT development ... 09/08/05 - 20050198485 - System and method for a bootable usb memory device One embodiment of a bootable Universal Serial Bus (USB) memory device system provides a system and method for booting a processor using a bootable solid-state memory device. Briefly described, the embodiment comprises a USB connector configured to couple to a USB port of a processing system, a solid-state memory coupled ... 09/08/05 - 20050198484 - 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 system is connected over the first type of connection to the terminal, settings of the computer system ... 09/01/05 - 20050193189 - Device and method for booting an operating system for a computer from a passive directly attached network device System, device, method, computer, computer program and computer program product for computer booting devices not coupled to an internal local bus of the computer to be booted. Boot device may be network-attached device directly coupled to computer over network and not through another computer or server process. Method for redirecting ... 09/01/05 - 20050193188 - Method and apparatus for operating a host computer from a portable apparatus The present invention provides methods and apparatus that utilize a portable apparatus to operate a host computer. The portable apparatus including an operating system and a list of software applications is installed in a removable data storage medium. The basic input/output system (BIOS) of the host computer will directly or ... 09/01/05 - 20050193187 - Information processing apparatus control method, information processing apparatus, and storage device control method A control method of controlling an information processing apparatus including a CPU, a memory, and an input unit. The memory stores virtual configuration information including setting information of the storage device. The memory stores information indicating whether a management mode as a control method of the configuration information is a ... 08/25/05 - 20050188191 - Resource discovery method and cluster manager apparatus A computer system includes a plurality of clusters each having at least one resource. At least one cluster has a resource matched with static resource information of a cluster discovery request. The at least one cluster is selected by referring to static resource information of resources in each cluster of ... 08/25/05 - 20050188190 - Facilitating customization of embedded system functionality A computer system comprises a service processor, flash memory, and service processor main memory accessible by the service processor and coupled to the flash memory. The service processor is coupled to various data processing system components of the computer system. The flash memory includes protected memory space having protected system ... 08/25/05 - 20050188189 - Methods for reducing energy consumption of buffered applications using simultaneous multi-threading processor Management of resources in a computer system can reduce energy consumption of the system. This can be accomplished by monitoring application states for the software applications and/or monitoring thread states in a multi-threading system, and then makes resource adjustments in the system. The application states monitoring may be performed by ... 08/18/05 - 20050182922 - Computer systems with several operating systems coexisting thereon and swapping between these operating systems Computer systems in which at least two operating systems coexist independently from each other, and that swap between the operating systems. Provides methods to have at least two operating systems coexist independently of each other and swap the operating systems. A computer system includes a memory allocation component to be ... 08/18/05 - 20050182921 - Computing device deployment using mass storage device Computing device deployment and configuration using a mass storage device is provided. A generic computing device is provided to a customer or end user. A mass storage device is used to distribute configuration information to the generic computing device. The configuration information includes customer-specified or ordered software applications or other ... 08/11/05 - 20050177709 - Apparatus and method for updating firmware The present invention relates to an apparatus and a method for updating firmware of an embedded controller (EC) constituted in portable machinery. Embodiments of the present invention can set identification information for maintaining a system power-on state before performing operations of updating the firmware of the embedded controller. In the ... 08/11/05 - 20050177708 - Programmable field mounted device To programming the device during running a computational process in device electronics, the device having a activated first memory area storing a first programmable configuration and a deactivated second memory area storing a second programmable configuration. The the second programmable configuration is modified. Simultaneously, the first programmable configuration in the ... 08/04/05 - 20050172112 - Method and apparatus for enabling a computer system A system and method for utilizing generic computer operating system software for computer hardware systems designed subsequent to the operating system software. The system and method of the present invention employs a separate modular software file called a System Enabler that has all patches, code, data and resources needed to ... 08/04/05 - 20050172111 - Automatic determination of geometric translation parameters for a disk device Software image portability may be achieved automatically: A host computer reads geometric parameters from a data structure in a boot record of a disk device containing a software image. The computer adopts those parameters as geometric translation parameters for use when accessing the software image. This may be done without ... 07/21/05 - 20050160255 - Information processing device and program Receiving a boot instruction of the operating system, performing management by making a first recording area recognizable to the first operating system booted based on the boot instruction in an operating status of the first operating system stored in the first recording area, and making a second recording area unrecognizable ... 07/14/05 - 20050154869 - Security measures in a partitionable computing system A partitionable computer system and method of operating the same is disclosed. The partitionable computer system has a state machine, a processor, and a device controller. The state machine can be configured to monitor the status of a partition of the partitionable computer system. The information provided by the state ... 07/07/05 - 20050149716 - Preboot execution bootloading A method and apparatus are described for preboot execution bootloading. Under and embodiment of the invention, a method comprises requesting a memory address region and boot image data from a server; receiving the boot image data and a designated memory region from the server; and storing the boot image data ... 07/07/05 - 20050149715 - Method for customizing a computer system The present invention is related to a method and system for customizing a computer system. According to a preferred embodiment, the method includes storing customization information for the computer system in a configuration mechanism and coupling the configuration mechanism to the computer system. The customization information in the configuration mechanism ... 07/07/05 - 20050149714 - System for customizing a computer system The present invention is related to a system and method for customizing a computer system. According to a first aspect of the preferred embodiment of the present invention, the method includes providing a configuration mechanism in the computer system and transmitting customization information for the computer system to the configuration ... 07/07/05 - 20050149713 - Pushing capabilities into firmware by an operating system A method and system to push capabilities into firmware by an operating system. A pre-boot driver is accessed at a computer system during operating system runtime of the computer system. The pre-boot driver is deposited in a repository available to firmware of the computer system. The pre-boot driver is found ... 07/07/05 - 20050149712 - Post-install configuration of modules during startup of a modular application platform Described is a configuration module useful for configuring modules of a modular application platform during run-time of the modular application platform. The configuration module produces a graphical dialog that displays a sequence of one or more configuration pages to a user to obtain from the user configuration information for each ... 06/30/05 - 20050144431 - Ip-based method and apparatus for remote booting computers in wide-area-network environment A method and an apparatus are provided to remote boot a diskless computer on a WAN and the are disclosed. The remote boot apparatus is constructed as an embedded interface in the computer. The remote boot apparatus has a bi-directional buffer, a central processor, a network interface, a boot ROM ... 06/30/05 - 20050144430 - Information processing apparatus and a rom image generation apparatus for the apparatus After power activation, a transferer 14 detects a bootstrap program 111 having a first error check code 114 assigned thereto and being stored in a first storage device 11, subjects the bootstrap program 111 to an error detection/correction process, and transfers the bootstrap program 111 to the second storage device ... 06/30/05 - 20050144429 - System for customizing a computer system The present invention is related to a method and system for customizing a computer system. According to a preferred embodiment, the method includes storing customization information for the computer system in a configuration mechanism and coupling the configuration mechanism to the computer system. The customization information in the configuration mechanism ... 06/30/05 - 20050144428 - System and method to seamlessly enable enhanced management and scripting of a computer system and its add-in devices An embodiment of the present invention is a system and method relating to seamlessly enable enhanced management and scripting of a computer system and its add-in devices. In at least one embodiment, the present invention enables a system administrator or integrator to script a common configuration for multiple devices and ... 06/16/05 - 20050132180 - System and method for locking user input elements for small computer devices A system and method for automatically locking user interface input elements to avoid negative impact of inadvertently pressing a user input element. The method receives an internally generated locking signal; sets a locked flag to indicate the user input elements are locked. Input signals occurring while the input elements are ... 06/16/05 - 20050132179 - Applying custom software image updates to non-volatile storage in a failsafe manner Described is a system and method in which software updates in the form of self-contained, secure entities are applied to an embedded device's non-volatile storage in a failsafe manner. Various types of software updates may be applied, and updates may contain executable code and/or data. Following a reboot, an initial ... 06/16/05 - 20050132178 - Removable flash backup for storage controllers A memory interface adapter is provided in a storage controller for accepting a removable non-volatile memory module, such as a flash memory. The removable non-volatile memory module may be inserted or removed through an external facing of the storage controller. Software on the storage controller, such as controller firmware, includes ... 06/16/05 - 20050132177 - Detecting modifications made to code placed in memory by the post bios A method, computer program product and system for detecting modifications to code placed in memory by the POST BIOS during a POST operation. The POST BIOS may measure the legacy BIOS code and the code supporting the legacy BIOS during the POST operation and storing that measurement in a secure ... 06/09/05 - 20050125649 - Method for updating firmware A method for updating firmware in a microprocessor in a computer system is disclosed. The microprocessor has an application memory, a load memory and a cache, and a firmware updating program and a firmware testing program are stored in the load memory. Every time the computer system is turned on, ... 06/09/05 - 20050125648 - System for establishing hardware-based remote console sessions and software-based remote console sessions A system comprising a CPU, a memory coupled to the CPU and used as storage for programs executable by the CPU, and a system management processor coupled to the CPU that selectively establishes hardware-based remote console sessions and software-based remote console sessions. ... ### FreshPatents.com Support |