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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1999
Joseph A. Schaefer, Olympia, WA (US);
Michael F. Kartoz, Tumwater, WA (US);
Robert L. Huff, University Place, WA (US);
Kimberly A. Davis, University Place, WA (US);
Kirk Brannock, Olympia, WA (US);
Donald Hewett, University Place, WA (US);
William J. Chalmers, Olympia, WA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
In one embodiment, the invention is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a first d-node having a pointer to a subordinate d-node and an identifier. The apparatus also includes a set of d-nodes, each d-node of the set of d-nodes having an identifier, a pointer to a peer d-node, a pointer to a subordinate d-node and a pointer to an entry. The set of d-nodes is accessible through the pointer of the first d-node. The apparatus also includes a set of entries, each entry of the set of entries having an identifier, a type, a value, and a pointer to an entry. The value of each entry embodies data corresponding to a configuration of a system.