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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:
Jul. 01, 2008

Filed:

Nov. 06, 2000
Applicant:

Dan H. Nowlin, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Inventor:

Dan H. Nowlin, Hillsboro, OR (US);

Assignee:

Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 1/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A computer system includes a memory subsystem to store both a full operating system and a mini operating system. The mini operating system boots much more quickly than the full operating system, and may be a subset of the full operating system. A mechanical switch is provided to the user to select, at power-on, which of the two operating systems the user desires to be booted.


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