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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:
Sep. 28, 1999
Filed:
Apr. 01, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Leonid Grossman, Cupertino, CA (US);
Sherman Lee, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA (US);
Assignee:
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
39520052 ; 39520049 ; 3952005 ;
Abstract
A computer network includes a plurality of servers, each of the plurality of servers operating under one of a plurality of operating systems, and a client workstation including a single boot ROM containing instructions for identifying each of the plurality of servers by address and by type of operating system, and selecting one of the identified servers by address and type for booting on the network.