Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070118658
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Summary / Description
| Summary / Description | US Patent 5379431, System boots a processor and attached peripherals. Resets storage of peripherals. Then, initializes a simple environment to activate operating system, enabling file sharing and other basic services to customize IO devices, system preferences, and hardware configurations. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 5379431 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | Steven P. Lemon, Patrick D. Ross |
| Relevant Pages, Columns, or Lines | Claims: cols 28-32 |
| URL | http://www.google.com/patents?i... |
| Filing Date | December 21, 1993 |
| Additional Information | |
Notes / To Do
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Excerpt
Excerpt ... creating a plurality of boot files... for resolving all system interdependencies in said plurality of boot files and means for storing said plurality of boot files thus created in said external storage for a subsequent booting process... |
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Claims
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A computer system, comprising:
a processor;
a basic input/output system (BIOS) including logic instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to:
initiate power on self test (POST) processing in the basic input/output system of a computing device;
present one or more management alert formats in a user interface;
receive a selection signal from the user interface identifying one of the management alert formats presented in the user interface; and
configure a device coupled to the computing system with the identified management alert format.
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US5379431 does not explicitly state a selection menu, but the framework architecture (by my reading) is intended to provide for multiple booting options. The embodiment of a table of content for RAM descriptions of each of the peripherals and IO devices (FIG 14) suggests this. CLAIM 6 of US5379431 states "... creating a plurality of boot files... for resolving all system interdependencies in said plurality of boot files and means for storing said plurality of boot files thus created in said external storage for a subsequent booting process..." again, inferring multiple boot choices.
US5379431 does not explicitly state a selection menu, but the framework architecture (by my reading) is intended to provide for multiple booting options. The embodiment of a table of content for RAM descriptions of each of the peripherals and IO devices (FIG 14) suggests this. CLAIM 6 of US5379431 states "... creating a plurality of boot files... for resolving all system interdependencies in said plurality of boot files and means for storing said plurality of boot files thus created in said external storage for a subsequent booting process..." again, inferring multiple boot choices.
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The computer system of Claim 1, wherein the logic instructions and the management alert formats are stored in a non-volatile memory.
Relevance
Note that US5379431 is intended to solve the introduction of plug-and-play cards into the boot process of a system. This also seems to apply as each plug-and-play card has non-volitile memory with information about interfacing to the system. Note CLAIM 1(c) of US5379431 states: "(c) a non-volatile external storage attached to and under control of said processor, said external storage containing a copy of an operating system and a copy of a booting program;"
Note that US5379431 is intended to solve the introduction of plug-and-play cards into the boot process of a system. This also seems to apply as each plug-and-play card has non-volitile memory with information about interfacing to the system. Note CLAIM 1(c) of US5379431 states: "(c) a non-volatile external storage attached to and under control of said processor, said external storage containing a copy of an operating system and a copy of a booting program;"
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The computer system of Claim 1, wherein the device comprises a network interface card (NIC) and the management alert formats include at least one of an alert standard format (ASF) protocol or an active management technology (AMT) protocol.
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Note that US5379431 is intended to solve the introduction of plug-and-play cards into the boot process of a system. This also seems to apply as each plug-and-play card has non-volitile memory with information about interfacing to the system.
Note that US5379431 is intended to solve the introduction of plug-and-play cards into the boot process of a system. This also seems to apply as each plug-and-play card has non-volitile memory with information about interfacing to the system.
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The method of Claim 6, further comprising:
selecting a firmware image based on the selection signal; and
transmitting the firmware image to the device during post processing.
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US5379431 teaches an initial loading of essential system services, afterwich the greater portion of the system personality is loaded. This seems to be the same as this claim.
US5379431 teaches an initial loading of essential system services, afterwich the greater portion of the system personality is loaded. This seems to be the same as this claim.
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