Patent · US Expired

Method and apparatus for implementing and maintaining a configuration database

US6594663B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by

27References

21Claims

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Assignee

Intel Corporation · US

Inventors

Joseph A. Schaefer · Beaverton, US
Michael Kartoz · Surprise, US
Robert Huff · Tempe, US
Kimberly Davis · University Place, US
Kirk D. Brannock · Olympia, US
Donald Hewett · University Place, US
William J. Chalmers · Olympia, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 30, 1999
Grant date	Jul 15, 2003
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Dec 30, 2019

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10S707/99939
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

In one embodiment, the invention is an apparatus. The apparatus includes a first d-node having a pointer to a subordinate d-node and an identifier. The apparatus also includes a set of d-nodes, each d-node of the set of d-nodes having an identifier, a pointer to a peer d-node, a pointer to a subordinate d-node and a pointer to an entry. The set of d-nodes is accessible through the pointer of the first d-node. The apparatus also includes a set of entries, each entry of the set of entries having an identifier, a type, a value, and a pointer to an entry. The value of each entry embodies data corresponding to a configuration of a system.

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