Patent · US Active

Peer-to-peer network booting

US9665380B2 · kind B2 · utility

2Cited by
4References
6Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateFeb 26, 2013
Grant dateMay 30, 2017
Priority date
Expiry dateJul 29, 2034

Classification

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

Abstract

A technique for booting a computing device using a boot image that is downloaded from a distributed network booting system involves identifying a tracker computing device that manages a plurality of computing devices that store all or a portion of the boot image, receiving from the tracker computing device information about one or more computing devices from which to download the boot image, and downloading the boot image from the one or more computing devices.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.