Method and apparatus for providing virtual devices

Details Method and apparatus for providing virtual devices Method and apparatus for providing virtual devices

2007-02-13

2007-02-13

Shah, Kamini (Department: 2128)

Data processing: structural design, modeling, simulation, and em

Emulation

Of peripheral device

C709S201000, C709S202000, C709S203000, C709S204000, C709S208000, C709S212000, C709S213000, C709S217000, C709S220000, C709S223000, C709S227000, C709S230000, C709S231000, C709S214000, C709S215000, C709S216000, C713S001000, C713S002000

Reexamination Certificate

active

10293679

ABSTRACT:
A system and method for downloading over a network operating systems or other executable programs to a computer that may not have a boot device or other device containing the executable program. The computer may boot in real mode and transfer data packets using a UDP protocol. The computer may virtualize disk requests and encapsulate them as UDP packets as required or useful.

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