Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support – Digital data processing system initialization or configuration – Loading initialization program
Reexamination Certificate
2005-08-09
2005-08-09
Butler, Dennis M. (Department: 2115)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: support
Digital data processing system initialization or configuration
Loading initialization program
C713S001000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06928541
ABSTRACT:
Disclosed is a system that make it possible for a user to readily boot an operating system from a user terminal with user-specific settings, thereby making it unnecessary for the server to register an image for each OS environment, as a result of which the required storage capacity of the server can be reduced. The user terminal, which is connected to the server by a network, is booted using an operating system stored in the server. In booting of the user terminal, user information that has been selected by the user from OS-booting user information stored on a removable storage medium of the user terminal is transmitted to the server under the control of a BIOS preboot environment stored in a storage device of the user terminal. On the basis of the user information, the server authenticates the user terminal, transmits the operating system to the user terminal and network-boots the operating system in a user-specific environment.
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Japanese Office Action dated Oct. 26, 2004 with English translation of pertinent portions.
Article tiled “NC Network Computer” ppg. 1-4.
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