US2005268082A1PendingUtilityA1

Method and apparatus to boot system from the USB port

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Individually held — no corporate assignee on recordPriority: Apr 28, 2000Filed: Jun 6, 2005Published: Dec 1, 2005
Est. expiryApr 28, 2020(expired)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:David I. Poisner
G06F 11/1417G06F 9/4401
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Abstract

In one embodiment, a design is described for providing the BIOS instructions to a computer through the USB port. At boot-up, a USB controller checks the USB port for a bootable device containing BIOS instructions. If a bootable device is connected, the USB controller transfers the BIOS instructions through the USB port to the processor. The computer then boots-up using the USB boot instructions. If no bootable device is connected to the USB port, the computer looks to a standard BIOS EPROM for boot instructions.

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1 . A device and/or method substantially as shown and described.

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