IP Library Granted Patent US 6,490,677
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US 6,490,677 · App. 09/397,609

Method and system for automatically configuring the boot process of a computer having multiple bootstrap programs within a network computer system

Inventors: Maximino Aguilar, Norbert Blam, Yuan-Chang Lo, James Michael Stafford
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Granted: Dec 3, 2002 Filed: Sep 16, 1999
Inventors
Maximino Aguilar
Norbert Blam
Yuan-Chang Lo
James Michael Stafford
Assignee (at issue)
International Business Machines Corporation

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,490,677
App. No.
09/397,609
Filed
1999-09-16
Granted
2002-12-03
Kind
B1