Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Digital data processing system initialization or configuration
Reexamination Certificate
2006-01-11
2008-10-28
Patel, Nitin C (Department: 2116)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Digital data processing system initialization or configuration
C713S002000, C713S100000, C719S310000, C719S327000, C710S008000, C710S010000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07444503
ABSTRACT:
A method and apparatus for delivering a device driver to an operating system without user intervention. One or more operating systems (e.g., different operating system programs, different versions of one operating system) execute on a computer platform. During booting of an operating system a device is identified for which a driver is needed. The driver is requested from a service processor of the platform, which includes memory or storage for storing multiple device drivers (or multiple versions of one driver, for different operating systems). The driver is retrieved from the service processor's storage and delivered to the operating system.
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Johnson John G.
Onufer Gregory C.
Redman David J.
Saulsbury Ashley N.
Park Vaughan & Fleming LLP
Patel Nitin C
Sun Microsystems Inc
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