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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:
Oct. 24, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 28, 2002
Applicants:
Daniel A. Rich, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Robert L. Huff, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Inventors:
Daniel A. Rich, Gilbert, AZ (US);
Robert L. Huff, Phoenix, AZ (US);
Assignee:
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 12/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Embodiments of the invention provide for automatically resolving computer system boot-up problems and for ensuring the reliability of boot-up. According to embodiments, a test of a condition of a computer system may be performed prior to attempting to load an operating system, to ensure the reliability of the system. In other embodiments, a boot-up may be attempted from a plurality of different operating system images, in the event a boot-up from a given operating system image fails.