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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 14, 2018
Filed:
Aug. 26, 2016
American Megatrends, Inc., Norcross, GA (US);
Varadachari Sudan Ayanam, Suwanee, GA (US);
Samvinesh Christopher, Suwanee, GA (US);
Veerajothi Ramasamy, Duluth, GA (US);
Muthukkumaran Ramalingam, Duluth, GA (US);
Indira Valmiki, Anantapur, IN;
Manikandan Ganesan Malliga, Chennai, IN;
AMERICAN MEGATRENDS, INC., Norcross, GA (US);
Abstract
Certain aspects direct to systems and methods for performing boot configuration of a thin client device with a portable storage device, such as a universal serial bus (USB) storage device. The system includes a computing device functioning as a thin client device, which has an interface under a protocol, such as the USB interface, allowing the portable storage device to be connected to the computing device via the interface. The portable storage device stores configuration data for configuring the computing device. Before booting, the computing device checks if the configuration data exists in a local storage device. If not, the computing device attempts to access the portable storage device, in order to automatically retrieve the configuration data from the portable storage device. Once the configuration data is obtained, the computing device may proceed with booting, and configure the computing device based on information of the configuration data without manual intervention.