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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2018
Filed:
Sep. 30, 2015
Applicant:
Emc Corporation, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Inventors:
Jackson B. Myers, Cary, NC (US);
Phillip H. Leef, Boston, MA (US);
Michael L. Burriss, Raleigh, NC (US);
Brion P. Philbin, North Grafton, MA (US);
Assignee:
EMC IP Holding Company LLC, Hopkinton, MA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4401 (2013.01); G06F 8/61 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 9/4406 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method, computer program product, and computing system for initiating a computing device includes setting a master reboot flag to no reboot required. A first software component in an initiation component stack is executed. Upon completing execution of the first software component, a determination is made concerning whether the computing device requires: an immediate reboot, a deferred reboot, or no reboot.