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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Feb. 28, 2007
Vladimir Sadovsky, Redmond, WA (US);
Hugh A. Teegan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert Hasbun, Fall City, WA (US);
Robin A. Alexander, Redmond, WA (US);
Vladimir Sadovsky, Redmond, WA (US);
Hugh A. Teegan, Bellevue, WA (US);
Robert Hasbun, Fall City, WA (US);
Robin A. Alexander, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A first device discovers the capabilities of a second device. The first device determines which of the first device and the second device is to execute a controlling boot image based at least in part on the capabilities of the first device and the second device. A first boot image is executed by the first device when the first device is determined to execute the controlling boot image, the second device to be a resource for the first boot image. The first device sends a second boot image stored on the first device to the second device when the second device is determined to execute the controlling boot image, wherein the first device to be a resource for the second boot image.