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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8190869 | Dual boot strategy to authenticate firmware in a computing device Methods for authenticating firmware in a computing device include partitioning functions critical to the intended role of the computing device so that, upon successful authentication of the firmware, all functions of the device are made operational. Otherwise, the c... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190868 | Malware management through kernel detection A system and method for managing pestware on a protected computer is described. The method in one variation includes starting a boot sequence that includes a period when boot drivers are initialized, initiating a kernel-level monitor during the period when boot driv... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190871 | Storage device selection and switching system A storage device control system is disclosed for selecting a storage device to connect to a computer from a plurality of available storage devices and for controlling the manner in which the storage devices can be connected to the computer. ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8190870 | Network storage target boot and network connectivity through a common network device The present disclosure includes systems and techniques relating to booting to a network storage target. In general, in one implementation, a bus-to-network device driver is loaded during a machine boot, where the bus-to-network device driver is capable of sending ma... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8185730 | System and method for determining if current operating system booted from an internal drive or an extern drive and further fixing the internal drive if needs to be or updating the external drive with current boot image Software program or application can determine if the storage device it was launched from is connected to the host computer system on an internal bus or an external bus. The ability of a software application to determine from where it and the operating system was lau... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185729 | Method of converting personal computers into thin client computers A system repurposes a personal computer operating with a conventional personal computer operating system, such as Windows® operating system, into a thin client computer system without requiring that the hard drive of the personal computer be re-formatted to remove ... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8185728 | System boot using NAND flash memory and method thereof A system and method are provided for booting a computing device using a NAND flash memory. Boot code stored in the NAND flash memory is transferred to a RAM for execution by the CPU. Operating system program stored in the NAND flash memory is transferred to a system... | 05/22/2012 |
| 8181006 | Method and device for securely configuring a terminal by means of a startup external data storage device Method of configuring a terminal (10a) by means of a device external to said terminal (50a) able to communicate with said terminal and comprising data storage means, the initialization of said terminal triggering at least: ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8181007 | Electronic device and method for secure operating system update in embedded system An electronic device and method for secure embedded operating system update within embedded system. The embedded system includes a random-access memory, a non-volatile storage unit and a processing unit. The non-volatile storage unit defines a boot sector, a first s... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8176311 | Initializing platform-specific features of a platform during early stages of booting the kernel Techniques are described for providing a kernel with the ability to execute functions from a kernel module during processor initialization and initializing a platform using platform-specific modules. An initialization function of the platform-specific module is exec... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176313 | Executable software security system A computer system which is configured to load executable programs. This configuration first accepts an operator defined key; withdraws an encrypted executable program from memory; and, using the operator defined key, decrypts the encrypted executable program into a ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176310 | Debugger application configured to communicate with a debugger module via a GPIO Methods, systems, apparatuses and program products are disclosed for communications such as may be used for debugging computers and similar electronic products at a level suitable for low level firmware. This may find application, for example, in environments after ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176309 | Boot system has BIOS that reads rescue operating system from memory device via input/output chip based on detecting a temperature of a hard disk Boot systems and methods are provided. The boot system includes an IO (Input/Output) chip, a memory device, and a BIOS (Basic Input/Output System). The memory device is coupled to the IO chip, and includes at least a rescue OS (Operating System). The BIOS reads the ... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176308 | Method for activating a computer system in a low temperature environment A method for booting a computer system under a low temperature state is disclosed. When a trigger signal of a pressed power button on the computer system is detected, a hard disk temperature will be obtained via a temperature sensor to determine whether the hard dis... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8176312 | 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 us... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8171279 | Multi processor system having direct access boot and direct access boot method thereof A multiprocessor system having a direct access boot operation and a direct access boot method are provided to substantially reduce a boot error of processor that does not provide a memory link architecture in the multiprocessor system. In an embodiment of the invent... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171280 | Method of running multiple operating systems on an X86-based computer system having a dedicated memory region configured as a do not use region Two or more distinct operating systems (OSs) are loaded simultaneously and run on an x86 computer system. Each OS is booted serially and in such a way that the OS resides in a separate memory footprint than the other OSs by partitioning the memory map. The partition... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171281 | Microprocessor boot-up controller connected to a processor and NAND flash memory for controlling the boot-up of a computer device An information processing apparatus has a multi-valued NAND nonvolatile memory including a plurality of word lines and a plurality of memory cells connected to the respective word lines. Each memory cell has a plurality of threshold voltages, and is divided into a f... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171277 | Method and apparatus for booting from a flash memory without prior knowledge of flash parameter information Techniques for booting a computing device with a flash memory without knowledge of parametric information of the flash memory are described herein. In one embodiment of the invention, the computing device receives input requesting the computing device to begin opera... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171275 | ROM BIOS based trusted encrypted operating system There is disclosed a device, system, and method for a ROM BIOS based trusted encrypted operating system for use in a gaming environment. The gaming device includes a ROM storing a BIOS, a secure loader, an encrypted operating system, and a decryption key for decrypt... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171276 | Minimal startup mode for performing multiple-reboot configuration A computer implemented process performs a plurality of computer bootups in minimal mode. Login authentication is disabled during the computer bootups. All startup programs and services not required to install new software are disabled during the computer bootups. Ne... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171278 | Booting a computer system from central storage A filter driver that is loaded during an initial part of the boot process enable operating systems that are not capable of booting from central storage to be booted from central storage. According to this technique, an initial set of operating system files is loaded... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8171443 | Circuit design tools that support devices with real-time phase-locked loop reconfiguration capabilities Computer-aided-design tools are provided that support real-time phase-locked loop reconfiguration with a single design compilation. Each design compilation may involve operations such as logic synthesis and place and route operations. A circuit designer who is desig... | 05/01/2012 |
| 8166289 | Trusted boot In one embodiment, a method for trusted booting of a cryptographic processor system is disclosed. Default image(s) is loaded into a field-programmable logic chip or circuit (FPLC). The default image(s) cannot perform cryptographic processing, but can perform a first... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166290 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method An information processing apparatus including a hardware device, at least one application program configured to execute an operation utilizing the hardware device, an operating system, a first device driver and a second device driver to manage the hardware device, a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8166288 | Managing requests of operating systems executing in virtual machines A coordinator in a computer system receives a request from one of a plurality of operating systems (that coexist in the computer system) to invoke a service of a management routine in the computer system. The plurality of operating systems execute in respective virt... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8161276 | Demodulator device and method of operating the same A demodulator device and a method of operating the demodulator device where the demodulator device runs a loaded operating system and operates a communication protocol enabling a host application to control the demodulator device. The demodulator device is configure... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161277 | Method of safe and recoverable firmware update and device using the same A safe and recoverable firmware update method which for a remote embedded electronic device and the device thereof. The method includes reading an update status in a flash memory, and determining the update status. If the update status is “DEFAULT”, a default fi... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8161315 | Implementation of sparing policies for servers A method for implementing a sparing policy for a server by a management module in communication with the server and a plurality of additional servers is provided. The server is designated as a spare server. The spare server is maintained in a powered-off, standby st... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8156319 | Self-restarting network devices A method and apparatus for self-monitoring to identify an occurrence of a threshold and rebooting in response to the occurrence of the threshold is provided. In an embodiment, a data processing apparatus comprises one or more processors; logic coupled to the one or ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156320 | Method and apparatus for fast booting a portable computing device allowing for immediate operation The present invention discloses a portable computing device (200) including a processor (202), non-volatile memory (206), and a volatile memory (208). An execute in place (XIP) kernel (210) stored in the non-volatile memory is exec... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156317 | Integrated circuit with secure boot from a debug access port and method therefor An integrated circuit (100) may receive a boot loader code (114) via a debug access port (105), wherein a boot logic is operative to block, upon a reset (123) of the programmable processor (103) from the debug access port (105 | 04/10/2012 |
| 8156318 | Storing a device management encryption key in a network interface controller A device management system for securely storing an encryption key associated with a device management session. The device management system includes an encryption key generator to generate an encryption key, a client device to receive an encrypted bootstrap data fil... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8151100 | Operating system for a computing device with handheld and extended computing units A handheld computing unit includes a processing module, a main memory interface coupled to main memory, a baseband processing module, an RF section, I/O interfaces, a bus structure, and a connection structure. The main memory includes an operating system section and... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8151101 | Method, apparatus, and system for quiescing a boot environment An apparatus, system, and method are disclosed for quiescing a boot environment. A reservation module reserves a portion of a first storage device. A store module stores an update boot image to the reserved portion. A detection module detects the update boot image s... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8151102 | System and methods for booting electronic devices The invention provides a boot method capable of reducing boot time even in the case of a change in the configuration of boot files. A boot file is booted from a hard disk drive in a computer equipped with a multitasking operating system. A plurality of tasks are obs... | 04/03/2012 |
| 8145893 | Hot-plugging a memory device An extensible firmware interface (EFI) framework is to enable hot-plugging and hot-removal of memory devices. The security phase of the EFI may enable a cache to operate as RAM (CAR mode) to support execution of pre-EFI (PEI) tasks. In one embodiment, the PEI phase ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8145892 | Providing an electronic device security and tracking system and method A system and method for providing an electronic device security and tracking system and method (ESTSM). A method includes but is not limited to accepting a selection of an opt-in to use the ESTSM service; and making available the ESTSM service. ... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8140841 | Method and micro-system for updating configurations of target system in computer A technique for updating configurations of a target system in a computer. The method comprises booting, based on Preboot Execution Environment technology, a micro-system for updating configurations of a target system before booting the target system, the micro-syste... | 03/20/2012 |
| 8140840 | Multi-operating system document editing mode for battery powered personal computing devices Embodiments of the present invention provide a method, system and computer program product for a low power document editing mode for mobile computing devices. In an embodiment of the invention, a battery powered computing device can be configured for power optimized... | 03/20/2012 |
