Automatic booting framework
CA 2178581 C · Owner: Object Technology Licensing Corporation · Inventors: Ross, Patrick Delaney; Lemon, Steven P.
Overview
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A system is disclosed for use in booting a processor with a storage and attached peripherals. The system utilizes a technique for initializing a computer by resetting the storage and the one or more peripherals. Then the system initializes a degredated environment for use in activating an operating system. The degredated operating environment enables file sharing and other basic tasks of importance in loading in the IO devices, system preferences and hardware configurations and replaces itself with the IO file system for use by the operating system.
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Why it's free to use
- Filed September 15, 1994 and granted September 7, 1999. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended September 15, 2014.
- A certificate of supplementary protection adds at most two years for a drug, so even that would have ended by September 15, 2016.
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