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Local and remote client computer system booting

US8473588B2 · kind B2 · utility

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7References

20Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Lenovo (Singapore) Ptd. Limited · SG

Inventors

Nathan J. Peterson · Oxford, US
Liang Chen · New York, US
Jonathan Gaither Knox · Morrisville, US
Yi Zhou · Raleigh, US
Rod D. Waltermann · Roxboro, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 30, 2010
Grant date	Jun 25, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Oct 19, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F9/4416
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Alternative desktop computing solutions provide client devices configured with a local boot image and a connection to a remote storage device having a boot image. The clients are configured to boot either locally or remotely, and furthermore to determine from which image (local or remote) they have booted.

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