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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. 09, 2005
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2001
Applicants:
Steven M. French, Austin, TX (US);
Chakkalamattam J. Paul, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Steven M. French, Austin, TX (US);
Chakkalamattam J. Paul, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F015/177 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of booting at least one target device in communication with a network, comprising is provided. A bootstrap program is requested from a loading device in communication with the target device. A boot delay response is received from the loading device at the target device, so that the target device does not time out. The bootstrap program is received at the target device after the boot delay response is received.