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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 16, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shab H Madina, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39575001 ; 39518222 ;
Abstract
A computer system has a mass storage device storing a file enabler associated with a file system for enabling file operations, a firmware memory storing a firmware routine, and a second memory. The computer system also has a microprocessor connected to load the file enabler stored on the mass storage device into the second memory and allow the firmware routine to access the file enabler stored in the second memory in file operations. The computer system may be a portable computer, and the firmware routine may be a hibernation routine.