Data processing: database and file management or data structures – Database design
Reexamination Certificate
2011-07-05
2011-07-05
Corrielus, Jean M (Department: 2162)
Data processing: database and file management or data structures
Database design
C707S791000, C707S800000, C707S801000, C713S002000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07974987
ABSTRACT:
Methods, apparatus, and computer-readable media for providing a device handle database in an EFI environment are disclosed. According to one method, a device handle database is created for storing data identifying the protocols that have been installed on one or more device handles. The database includes a sorted array of elements utilized to store protocol data for a family of protocols having the same GUID. Each element in the array comprises a family data structure including a field for storing the GUID for the family along with a field for storing a pointer to a linked list that stores the protocol instance data for each of the protocols in the family. Each node in the linked list is also a member of a linked list for storing protocol data for all of the protocols installed on a given device handle.
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American Megatrends Inc.
Corrielus Jean M
Hope Baldauff Hartman LLC
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