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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:
Aug. 03, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventor:
Cynthia M. Merkin, Georgetown, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/5177 ; G06F 9/00 ; G06F 9/24 ; G06F 1/214 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/5177 ; G06F 9/00 ; G06F 9/24 ; G06F 1/214 ;
Abstract
A computer system that includes a program and component information stored in a hidden partition on a hard disk drive of the computer system such that the program is configured to cause the computer system to store the component information into a portion of a memory, create a first table associated with the information, store the first table into the portion of the memory, and notify the system firmware of the first table and the portion of the memory.