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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.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 24, 2006

Filed:

Jun. 15, 2000
Applicants:

Michael D. Christensen, Round Rock, TX (US);

Mukund Purshottam Khatri, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Michael D. Christensen, Round Rock, TX (US);

Mukund Purshottam Khatri, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 11/30 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A system and method for tracking bootable devices are disclosed which provide significant advantages over current computer system device management techniques. A system incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include one or more installed bootable devices and a computer readable medium storing identification data for each of the installed bootable devices. The identification data may include host bridge identification data.


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