Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/ – Intrasystem connection – Bus expansion or extension
Reexamination Certificate
2005-07-12
2005-07-12
Myers, Paul R. (Department: 2111)
Electrical computers and digital data processing systems: input/
Intrasystem connection
Bus expansion or extension
C710S300000, C710S301000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06917999
ABSTRACT:
One aspect of the invention relates to creation of a container object being part of software that is stored in platform readable medium and executed by a processor within a platform. The container comprises (i) a hardware identification object to identify to an operating system of the platform that a type of device represented by the container object is a node and (ii) a plurality of component objects to identify constituent components of the node. Another aspect of the invention is the distribution of BIOS to handle initiation of components of a substrate in response to hot-plug addition of that substrate.
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Crossland James B.
Kaushik Shivnandan D.
Kumar Mohan J.
O'Shea David J.
Rankin Linda J.
Blakley Sokoloff Taylor & Zafman LLP
Myers Paul R.
Phan Raymond N
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