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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:
Nov. 11, 2003
Filed:
Oct. 29, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jon Boede, Round Rock, TX (US);
Robert Tuttle, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell USA L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/500 ; G06F 1/700 ; G06F 1/724 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/500 ; G06F 1/700 ; G06F 1/724 ;
Abstract
Browser software loaded on a customer's system during a factory pre-install process that includes an identifying information for a computer system in a universal resource locator pre-installed on the system hard drive is described. HTML content pre-installed on the hard drive by a vendor includes identifying information so that when the customer contacts the vendor via the worldwide web, the customer and system are automatically identified to the vendor.