The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2019

Filed:

Sep. 14, 2016
Applicant:

International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);

Inventors:

Gerd Bayer, Boeblingen, DE;

Robert Kieninger, Boeblingen, DE;

Marco Kraemer, Boeblingen, DE;

Jakob C. Lang, Boeblingen, DE;

Angel Nunez Mencias, Boeblingen, DE;

Stefan Roscher, Boeblingen, DE;

Stefan Usenbinz, Boeblingen, DE;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4401 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4401 (2013.01); G06F 9/4411 (2013.01);
Abstract

Securely removing system capabilities, being available to at least one logical partition, from that partition, the partition being hosted by a computer system running an operating system. The system capabilities are available to a boot loader of the computer system, wherein the boot loader is started in the logical partition. The logical partition remains activated while removing the system capabilities. A removal request is initiated by the boot loader; and a deconfigure command is performed by the boot loader.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…