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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:
Mar. 01, 2016

Filed:

Feb. 03, 2009
Applicants:

Kurt D. Gillespie, Houston, TX (US);

James F. Murray, Tomball, TX (US);

Jayne E. Scott, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Inventors:

Kurt D. Gillespie, Houston, TX (US);

James F. Murray, Tomball, TX (US);

Jayne E. Scott, Sugar Land, TX (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4401 (2013.01);
Abstract

In accordance with at least some embodiments, a system includes a first processor and a second processor. The system also includes a boot task storage medium that can only be accessed by one processor at a time. A boot process of the system has a first stage and a second stage. During the first stage, the first processor fetches and executes boot tasks without assistance from the second processor. During the second stage, boot task execution performed by first processor overlaps with at least one boot task fetch performed by the second processor.


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