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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:
Jan. 11, 2005
Filed:
Jan. 26, 2001
Applicants:
Marc D. Alexander, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Jay Baxter, Austin, TX (US);
Lois D. Mermelstein, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Marc D. Alexander, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Jay Baxter, Austin, TX (US);
Lois D. Mermelstein, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15177 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method is provided that includes booting a computer system using a first system firmware stored on a circuit coupled to the computer system and, in response to detecting a test apparatus coupled to the computer system, causing the first system firmware to be stored onto a device in the computer system.