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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2010
Applicants:
Nathan J. Peterson, Raleigh, NC (US);
Liang Chen, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jonathan G. Knox, Morrisville, NC (US);
Yi Zhou, Raleigh, NC (US);
Rod D. Waltermann, Rougemont, NC (US);
Inventors:
Nathan J. Peterson, Raleigh, NC (US);
Liang Chen, Raleigh, NC (US);
Jonathan G. Knox, Morrisville, NC (US);
Yi Zhou, Raleigh, NC (US);
Rod D. Waltermann, Rougemont, NC (US);
Assignee:
Lenovo (Singapore) Ptd. Ltd., Singapore, SG;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
Alternative desktop computing solutions provide client devices configured with a local boot image and a connection to a remote storage device having a boot image. The clients are configured to boot either locally or remotely, and furthermore to determine from which image (local or remote) they have booted.