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US-7,673,132 |
Multi-tiered boot list An aggregated server blade system includes a plurality of individual server blades and a management module which can be designated as a bootable device. A boot... |
US-7,673,131 |
Booting an operating system in discrete stages A computing device is configured to assemble and boot an operating system in stages. A primary boot image is first obtained that includes enough of the operating... |
US-7,673,130 |
Use of off-motherboard resources in a computer system A system uses a protocol stack on a card external to a motherboard in a target computer system. A processor on the motherboard is able to make use of the... |
US-7,673,129 |
Secure booting from a memory device Provided are a method, device, and system for booting from a memory device having an array of blocks of cells. An initial memory map has a mapping of memory... |
US-7,673,128 |
Methods and apparatus to facilitate fast restarts in processor systems Methods and apparatus to facilitate fast restarts in processor systems are disclosed. An example processor restart method disclosed herein includes recording a... |
US-7,673,127 |
Method and apparatus for enabling a computer system by loading and
executing an updated hardware specific boot... A system and method for utilizing generic computer operating system software for computer hardware systems designed subsequent to the operating system software.... |
US-7,670,316 |
Guidewire and catheter locking device and method Locking device that is mounted on an endoscope or the like for selectively securing the position of a guide wire and/or catheter relative to the endoscope or the... |
US-7,670,078 |
Dust boot with grease relief passage A joint enclosure apparatus includes a dust boot having an opening and a rim located adjacent to the opening, a flexible flap formed as a portion of the rim, and... |
US-7,669,880 |
Strap for snowboard boots or bindings A binding or boot strap is provided that allows a rider to easily, rapidly and/or effectively tighten and/or loosen the strap about his or her boot. The strap... |
US-7,669,048 |
Computing device limiting mechanism Described is a technology by which a computing device is booted into a normal mode of operation or a limited mode of operation, depending on whether the... |
US-7,669,047 |
Biometrics signal input device and computer system having the biometrics
signal input device A biometrics signal input device with a USB interface is connected to a computer apparatus to control BIOS booting procedures of the computer apparatus. The... |
US-7,669,044 |
Accelerated system boot Increased efficiency in booting a computer uses a process of logging physical-level disk access during a boot cycle for use in creating a boot plan for a... |
US-7,668,974 |
Method and system for local provisioning of device drivers for portable
storage devices A computer-implemented method includes steps of: coupling a portable device comprising a personal computing environment to a host computer system; booting the... |
US-7,668,945 |
Network booting using a platform management coprocessor Embodiments of a system and method for enabling a target computer to download a boot image and operating system from a boot server computer over a network are... |
US-7,665,451 |
Ignition apparatus Ignition apparatus 10 includes high tension ignition cable 56. The cable 56 is of low electrical resistance per unit length. A central core 100 of the cable 56... |
US-D610,429 |
Insulated battery boot |
US-7,664,988 |
Gaming apparatus having memory fault detection An information processing device and associated methodology are provided for inspecting a program fault. A first memory stores a boot program executed when the... |
US-7,664,945 |
Computer system for booting a diskless server after a fault by reading a
boot loader from a maintenance logical... 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... |
US-7,664,944 |
Booting from a compressed image Accessing files within a compressed image to boot from the compressed image. In one embodiment, the compressed image includes a boot environment and a software... |
US-7,664,943 |
Managing access to computer components In one embodiment a computer system comprises a user interface and a component disable module including logic to initiate boot operations, and present, on a user... |
US-7,664,836 |
Device and method for booting an operation 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... |
US-7,664,834 |
Distributed operating system management A system and method are provided for a distributed operating system manager. In one example, the method includes retrieving an internet protocol address of a... |
US-7,664,284 |
Microphone array in housing An electronic device includes a circuit board, a first microphone module, and a second microphone module. The first microphone module includes a first... |
US-7,661,982 |
Connector A rubber boot (30) is fit on a peripheral surface of a connector housing (10). Wires (90) pulled out of a rear surface of the housing (10) are folded back... |
US-7,661,748 |
Apparatus for preventing transfer of odors from a vehicle to a hunter An apparatus for preventing transfer of odors from a vehicle to a hunter from a self propelled vehicle has at least one seat, a floorboard and a steering wheel.... |
US-7,661,695 |
Cross-country ski assembly and cross-country ski binding An assembly of a ski and a device for binding a boot to the ski, the assembly including a ski having an upper surface adapted to receive the binding device. The... |
US-7,661,207 |
Snowshoe binding without heel strap A snowshoe binding engages the sole of the user's boot in a region between the arch and the widest part of the sole, gripping the sole laterally and sufficiently... |
US-7,661,170 |
Systems and methods for providing a customized lower extremity product The present invention relates to the production of lower extremity supportive products, including boot, shoes, sandals, leg braces, etc. One embodiment of the... |
US-D609,885 |
Boot |
US-7,660,979 |
Multi-mode computer systems and operating methods thereof Multi-mode computer systems and operating methods thereof. The computer system comprises a storage device and a boot program. The storage device includes a... |
US-7,660,977 |
System and method to control microcode updates after booting an operating
system in a computing platform An embodiment of the invention is meant to prevent/allow microcode updates after an operating system is booted on a platform. A processor includes a lock... |
US-7,658,595 |
Protective boot for a helicopter pitch link A protective boot for a helicopter blade pitch link assembly as described herein includes a split joint that allows for easy removal and replacement of the... |
US-7,658,398 |
Rotating connection system with braking means A connection system for connecting a board 1 to a boot comprises a plate 5 which is connectable to the board 1, a button 3 having a bottom face and a top face,... |
US-7,658,019 |
Lace system for footwear A snowboard boot incorporating techniques for making the process of tightening and loosening the laces of a snowboard boot more convenient for the wearer is... |
US-7,657,975 |
Endless boot fixing band and manufacturing method thereof The rotation of the band in relation to a boot to be fastened is prevented, so that reduction of the boot-fastening force is prevented, thereby preventing... |
US-7,657,778 |
Computer system and boot control method When a primary computer is taken over to a secondary computer in a redundancy configuration computer system where booting is performed via a storage area network... |
US-7,657,734 |
Methods and apparatus for automatically multi-booting a computer system The invention allows automatically multi-booting a computer. Each functional mode of a computer having at least two operating systems installed is associated... |
US-7,657,732 |
Apparatus and method for securely and conveniently rebooting a computer
system Provided are a method and an apparatus for rebooting a computer system taking both security and user convenience into account. The computer system includes an... |
US-7,657,716 |
Save and restore of a protected area A method, apparatus, system, and signal-bearing medium that in an embodiment save a protected area of a storage device by booting to the protected area, copying... |
US-7,657,615 |
Approach for provisioning network devices An approach for provisioning network devices generally involves supplying boot data to network devices over a network so that the network devices can be booted... |
US-7,654,908 |
Tripod type constant velocity universal joint A tripod type constant velocity universal joint that includes an outer joint member having three track grooves axially extending on an inner circumferential... |
US-7,653,820 |
System and method for securing using decryption keys during FPGA
configuration using a microcontroller A system for securely using decryption keys during FPGA configuration includes a FPGA having a microcontroller for receiving a bitstream having an encrypted... |
US-7,653,794 |
Converting physical machines to virtual machines Physical (or prior virtual) machine volumes can be converted to virtual machines at a virtual machine host while the physical machines are running. In one... |
US-7,653,763 |
Subsystem boot and peripheral data transfer architecture for a subsystem
of a system-on- chip A subsystem (200) is provided at least Direct Memory Access (DMA) device (220) utilized to provide instructions to facilitate the operation of a subsystem... |
US-7,650,849 |
Indicator for A/T vehicle An indicator for an AT vehicle is disclosed wherein even when a shift lever boot is greatly flexed downward during shift operation of a shift lever, boot... |
US-7,650,703 |
Watersport hiking system A device that provides support for sailors while hiking from a sailing vessel is disclosed. The device is a hiking strap/watersport boot combination, designed to... |
US-D608,539 |
Boot upper |
US-7,650,530 |
Initializing a processing system to ensure fail-safe boot when faulty PCI
adapters are present EEH methods are used during the boot process to actively disable a defective PCI adapter, thereby allowing the system boot to continue without disruption. This... |
US-7,650,490 |
Embedded device for implementing a boot process on a host An embedded device, for implementing a boot process on a host, is provided. This embedded device includes servers supporting various industry-standard Internet... |
US-7,647,490 |
Method and apparatus for providing updated system locality information
during runtime Embodiments of the invention provide a method and an apparatus to collect and dynamically update system locality information during runtime. In one method... |