Method and system for updating information on an intelligent display device monitoring a computer system
US6052800A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 6, 1998 |
| Grant date | Apr 18, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 6, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F11/321
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system for monitoring a computer system with an external status monitor during the power-on self test (POST) of the computer system. The computer system has tasks to be performed during the POST process. Each task has a token corresponding to an original message or a subsequently added message. Each subsequently added message is stored in the computer system, and each original message is stored in the external status monitor. Under the control of the computer system, the system identifies a task for the computer system to perform. The system then retrieves the token for the identified task and determines whether the retrieved token corresponds to an original message or a subsequently added message. If the retrieved token corresponds to an original message, the system sends only the retrieved token to the external status monitor. If not, the system retrieves the stored message for the retrieved token, notifies the external status monitor that a message will be sent, and sends a token and the retrieved message to the external status monitor. Under the control of the external status monitor, the system receives the token sent from the computer system. When the received token corresp…
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