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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. 31, 2004
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2001
Applicant:
Inventors:
T. Gavin Smith, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Terry Wayne Liles, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 1/200 ;
Abstract
An image is received in response to a specification. The image represents information. In response to the received image, the information is installed onto a first portion of a computer-readable medium. The received image is stored on a second portion of the computer-readable medium so that, even after the information is installed onto the first portion, the stored received image is retained on the second portion for subsequently reinstalling the information onto the first portion.