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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 17, 2009
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2003
Applicants:
Craig Henry Becker, Austin, TX (US);
Gregory Alan Flurry, Austin, TX (US);
Jimmy Ming-der Hsu, Austin, TX (US);
Inventors:
Craig Henry Becker, Austin, TX (US);
Gregory Alan Flurry, Austin, TX (US);
Jimmy Ming-Der Hsu, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method, apparatus, and computer instructions for conducting an inventory of a data processing system. When a basic input output system (BIOS) is launched during a boot process for the data processing system, the basic input output system creates a hardware report of the data processing system. This report is sent to a remote data processing system on the network.