Remote management of boot application
US8862709B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 13, 2007 |
| Grant date | Oct 14, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 26, 2028 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N21/443
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Systems and arrangements for remotely selecting a bootable image via a WOL packet for a wake-on-LAN (WOL) capable computer are contemplated. Server-side embodiments include hardware and/or software for determining a client to be managed, determining whether the client is active on the network, and transmitting a WOL packet having a vector, or operating system partition identification (OSPID), to describe a bootable image accessible by the WOL capable computer. Some embodiments may include an OSPID that points to a secure bootable image such as a bootable image on a hard drive, a compact disk (CD) connected to the computer, or other local resource. Client-side embodiments may receive the WOL packet at, for instance, a network interface card (NIC), recognize that the WOL packet includes an OSPID that describes the bootable image to boot, and implement an alternative boot sequence to boot from that bootable image.
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