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US-6,530,077 |
Device and method for releasing an in-memory executable image from its
dependence on a backing store A Windows NT partitioning program partitions a storage device in Windows NT boot mode (i.e., after the Windows NT kernel loads device drivers and before the... |
US-6,530,031 |
Method and apparatus for timing duration of initialization tasks during
system initialization A method and apparatus to provide accurate and automated timing of firmware routines, such as initialization tasks at boot time, is provided. Since each task... |
US-6,530,019 |
Disk boot sector for software contract enforcement Method and computer for implementing a technique that disables all the software on a disk until the user agrees to a software contract. In a departure from the... |
US-6,529,989 |
Intelligent expansion ROM sharing bus subsystem The present invention provides a RAID controller coupled to a host computer system through a primary PCI bus. The RAID controller includes a PCI application... |
US-6,529,966 |
Booting a computer system using a last known good set of configuration data A method and system provides for booting a computer system after configuration data becomes unusable. One method and system provides for booting the computer... |
US-6,529,964 |
System and method for maintaining device name consistency during parallel
device discovery process Device configuration processes operated within an operating system are run in parallel up until one or more new devices are detected. Once that occurs, the... |
US-6,528,904 |
Power management strategy to support hot swapping of system blades during
run time A hot swappable system is described. It included software controlled hot swapping operations which provided a graceful booting or power-down of the system. In... |
US-6,528,457 |
Composition comprising halogenated oil A composition that can be used as lubricant for high electric field including spark plug boots is disclosed. The composition comprises, or is produced by... |
US-6,527,332 |
Motorcar with an openable hard top A motorcar with an openable hard top is of the type in which the roof (2) comprises a front portion (3) connected releasably to the upper cross-member of the... |
US-6,527,293 |
Binding for a snow-sport device A binding comprising a base plate (1) carrying, for holding a boot, front retention (2) and a heelpiece (7) mounted slidably on the base plate, and a traction... |
US-6,527,283 |
In-line skate frame equipped with an anti-torsion bar A frame of an in-line skate of the type constituted of a main body that includes a transverse base equipped with at least one front support surface for the boot... |
US-6,526,920 |
Dog boot for hunting and other outdoor activities An improved dog boot that covers a dog paw and lower leg and is designed to prevent the boot from twisting and sliding off the dog paw during hunting and other... |
US-6,526,629 |
Showshoe with cam lock buckle A snowshoe having a boot harness assembly includes one or more cam lock type buckles through which webbing straps are tightened. The cam lock buckle allows low... |
US-6,526,567 |
System and method for optimizing a device driver by incorporating debugging
and tracing The invention relates to a method for executing, in a computer system 5, a device driver 10 which is used by a number of applications running on that system. A... |
US-6,526,488 |
Computer systems There is disclosed a method and apparatus for controlling access to and corruption of information in a computer system. In known "PC Virus" protection methods... |
US-6,524,110 |
Body weight supports and teaching aid The invention relates to body supports and teaching aids particular for use during skiing. Skiing to greater or to lesser degrees imposes strains on the muscles... |
US-6,523,852 |
Step-in snowboard binding Step-in snowboard binding designed to hold a boot by its sides. The binding includes at least one jaw (2) secured to a driving arm (9) intended to be driven by... |
US-6,523,851 |
Binding mechanism for a touring snowboard A binding mechanism is used to securely couple board sections of a touring snowboard together. The binding mechanism includes a first interface mounted to at... |
US-6,523,428 |
Shift lever boot A shift lever boot includes a top face having a shift lever hole face and including a plurality of crests and a plurality of valleys, and a bellow-like skirt... |
US-6,523,125 |
System and method for providing a hibernation mode in an information
handling system To provide an information handling system and a method of controlling the same which allows the state of the system to be saved without destructing other user... |
US-6,523,112 |
Operating system software boot program execution method A data server having a plurality of hot replaceable processing unit modules. Each module includes a motherboard having plugged therein: a CPU; a main memory; an... |
US-6,523,103 |
Disablement of a write filter stored on a write-protected partition A computer system having at least primary and secondary partitions, a primary write filter for write-protecting the primary partition, and a state machine. The... |
US-6,523,082 |
Systems having shared memory and buses In a system having a plurality of CPUs connected to a plurality of corresponding bus bridges which are connected in tandem, one of the plurality of bus bridges... |
US-6,520,531 |
Boot support adjusting device for ski board or the like A boot support includes a disc solidly secured on a ski board and engaged with a bracket for rotatably securing the bracket to the ski board. One or more pawls... |
US-6,520,511 |
Device for retaining a boot on a gliding board adapted to snowboarding A device for retaining a boot on a gliding board adapted to snowboarding. The device includes a base, an arrangement to retain the boot on the base, and a rear... |
US-6,519,877 |
Snowboard boot with removable upper support An embodiment of a snowboard boot with removable upper support includes a sole portion that cooperatively with an upwardly extending boot upper provides a volume... |
US-6,519,659 |
Method and system for transferring an application program from system
firmware to a storage device One aspect of the invention is a method and system for accessing at least one storage element in a processor-based system. The system comprises a memory for... |
US-6,519,407 |
Process for the fabrication of an optical interconnection apparatus A process is disclosed to fabricate an optical interconnection apparatus in which plural optical fibers having end portions are provided at ports of the optical... |
US-6,518,874 |
Portable computer supporting paging functions A portable computer is described that contains a circuit for receiving pages and performing security functions based on the received page. Once a page has been... |
US-6,517,090 |
Ergonomic skate boot with shock absorber An in-line roller skate. The skate is made of a boot having a front portion, a rear portion, and a truck chassis for supporting a plurality of rotatably mounted... |
US-6,516,410 |
Method and apparatus for manipulation of MMX registers for use during
computer boot-up procedures A system for execution of code during power-on-self test (POST), the system including a mass storage device for storing computer programs; a microprocessor... |
US-6,514,402 |
Sensor and method for detecting an air borne or exogenously introduced
analyte The present invention includes a method and sensor that is easy to assemble and can operate to effectively detect an air borne or exogenously introduced analyte.... |
US-6,514,107 |
Universal valve, hose and nozzle assembly for use with a personal
watercraft A universally adaptable valve, hose and nozzle assembly for use with a personal watercraft. The watercraft includes an interiorly configured engine compartment... |
US-6,513,826 |
Device for connecting a snow glider to the boot of a person using a snow
glider The device for connecting a ski (5) to a boot (4) of a person using the ski, the device permitting adjustment of the curvature of the ski to facilitate turning... |
US-6,513,371 |
Method for determining fuel injection rate shaping current in an engine
fuel injection system A method for calibrating a fuel injection pump for an engine fuel injection system comprising determining the pressure made available to an injector nozzle at a... |
US-6,513,309 |
Stirrups An accessory (10) for a stirrup iron (12) having a stirrup bottom (14) and a stirrup top (16), the stirrup top having an upper portion (18) to which a stirrup... |
US-6,513,113 |
Electronic instrument adapted to be selectively booted either from
externally-connectable storage unit or from... An electronic instrument includes a connection detector detecting whether a connector is connected with an external storage unit, an operation unit, operated by... |
US-6,513,075 |
Method for preserving data through a processor softboot A method for preserving data through a softboot process is presented. Areas in a device DRAM are reserved for data structures generated during execution of a... |
US-6,511,091 |
Fixing structure for skis More particularly to an improved binding structure of a ski having a fixing board at the rear part of the binding structure. The fixing board is coupled to a... |
US-6,508,476 |
Snowboard binding Highback for a snowboard binding intended to come into contact with the rear part of the user's boot in order to withstand the back thrusts thereof, having a... |
US-6,508,216 |
Spark plug boot keeper assembly A spark plug boot keeper assembly interconnects between a spark plug boot and an internal surface of a surrounding structure which defines an elongated spark... |
US-6,507,906 |
Method and system for selection of a boot mode using unattended boot
sequencing A method and system for unattended boot sequencing is provided. A data processing system is powered on, and a boot mode menu is retrieved and displayed for a... |
US-6,507,905 |
System for modifying a master partition table of a master boot record to
create a personalized local data drive... A computer program, installed on a computer, allows a user of that computer to be assigned a personal local data partition and the data to be retained in the... |
US-6,505,841 |
Spacer A spacer for snowboards which, in the region between the snowboard boot (22) and the snowboard (20), in addition to the snowboard binding (21), provides a... |
US-6,505,488 |
Spare tire lock A tire lock mounts to an opening in the vehicle frame in order to suspend a locking bar down through an opening in the spare wheel. A locking device may then be... |
US-6,505,423 |
Snowshoe with front and rear cleats An improved snowshoe includes a frame at least partially covered by a membrane, a front claw, and biased mounting means for pivotally attaching the front claw to... |
US-6,505,422 |
Skate boot with toe protector A skate boot featuring an exterior toe protector and a method of manufacture. The skate boot is provided with a toe cover adapted to be pulled and stretched over... |
US-6,505,421 |
Blast and fragment resistent polyurethane boot sole for safety footwear A blast and fragment resistant polyester or polyether-based polyurethane boot sole includes embedded protective material throughout the entire sole. The embedded... |
US-6,505,278 |
Method for flashing ESCD and variables into a ROM A computer system for flashing Extended System Configuration Data (ESCD) and associated variables to a flash read-only memory (ROM) is provided. During... |
US-6,505,076 |
Water-resistant, wideband microphone subassembly A moisture-resistant, wideband microphone subassembly for a Behind-The-Ear (BTE) hearing device, provides a barrier to perspiration and rain, while maintaining a... |