System and apparatus for eliminating user interaction during hardware configuration at system boot
CA 2508875 C · Owner: Google Inc. · Inventors: Grosch, Mark; Nguyen, Minh; Foster, Robert
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A system and method are provided to allow a user to update a computer system without having to interact with an initialization or configurator software , utility, or program. More particularly the present invention allows a system provider, manufacturer, or service provider to create an installation file that, when provided to a user, will configure a system to accommodate newly added/removed hardware automatically. A base model and a new model of the system are maintained. The new model will include one or more different configurations, such as new graphics adapters communications adapters, I/O , controllers or the like. The provider will haA system and method are provided to allow …
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- Filed January 9, 2004 and granted March 13, 2012. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended January 9, 2024.
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