| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE35881 |
Method and system for traversing linked list record based upon write-once predetermined bit valu |
August 25, 1998 |
| A method and apparatus for storing files on a computer file storage device. The files are organized into an hierarchical directory structure. The directory structure comprises directory entries and file entries. The file entries and directory each contain a primary and a secondary pointe |
| 7308511 |
System for allocating resources in a computer system |
December 11, 2007 |
| A system for allocating resources for use by devices of a computer. Device information for the devices of the computer is collected to uniquely identify the devices and to describe the device characteristics associated with the operation of those devices with the computer. A list of |
| 6763454 |
System for allocating resources in a computer system |
July 13, 2004 |
| A system for allocating resources for use by devices of a computer. Device information for the devices of the computer is collected to uniquely identify the devices and to describe the device characteristics associated with the operation of those devices with the computer. A list of devi |
| 6336152 |
Method for automatically configuring devices including a network adapter without manual interven |
January 1, 2002 |
| A system for configuring a network adapter of a computer without user intervention. Device information for the devices of the computer, including each network adapter, is collected to uniquely identify the devices and to describe the device characteristics associated with the operati |
| 6286013 |
Method and system for providing a common name space for long and short file names in an operatin |
September 4, 2001 |
| An operating system provides a common name space for both long filenames and short filenames. In this common namespace, a long filename and a short filename are provided for each file. Each file has a short filename directory entry and may have at least one long filename directory entry |
| 6003097 |
System for automatically configuring a network adapter without manual intervention by using a re |
December 14, 1999 |
| A system for configuring a network adapter of a computer without user intervention. Device information for the devices of the computer, including each network adapter, is collected to uniquely identify the devices and to describe the device characteristics associated with the operati |
| 5881252 |
Method and apparatus for automatically configuring circuit cards in a computer system |
March 9, 1999 |
| A method and apparatus for automatically configuring circuit cards used in a computer system. The present invention includes a method and apparatus that enables the circuit cards to be automatically configured during system boot up without any user intervention. The present invention als |
| 5819107 |
Method for managing the assignment of device drivers in a computer system |
October 6, 1998 |
| A system for managing the assignment of device drivers to devices of a computer system. The computer system can maintain device-related information for a primary device and for devices that are "compatible" with the primary device. This device information supplies an indication of wh |
| 5809329 |
System for managing the configuration of a computer system |
September 15, 1998 |
| A system for managing the configuration of devices of a computer system. Device information is obtained to uniquely identify each device and to describe the device characteristics associated with device operation. To obtain device information, a particular device is detected on a selecte |
| 5793979 |
System for allocating the resources of a computer system |
August 11, 1998 |
| A system for allocating resources for use by devices of a computer system. A possible configuration of elements of a resource is obtained. This possible configuration defines the resource elements that are appropriate for operating the devices within the computer system. For a selected |
| 5787246 |
System for configuring devices for a computer system |
July 28, 1998 |
| A system for configuring devices of a computer system without user intervention. Device information for each of the devices is collected to uniquely identify the devices and to describe the device characteristics associated with the operation of devices with the computer. Computer re |
| 5758352 |
Common name space for long and short filenames |
May 26, 1998 |
| An operating system provides a common name space for both long filenames and short filenames. In this common namespace, a long filename and a short filename are provided for each file. Each file has a short filename directory entry and may have at least one long filename directory entry |
| 5748980 |
System for configuring a computer system |
May 5, 1998 |
| A system for configuring a devices of a computer with minimal support by a user. Device information for the devices of the computer is collected to uniquely identify the devices and to describe the device characteristics associated with the operation of those devices with the computer. C |
| 5692189 |
Method and apparatus for isolating circuit boards in a computer system |
November 25, 1997 |
| A method of individually isolating a circuit board that has been added to an expansion slot of a computer system. If a conflict exists between the circuit board and other resources of the computer system, the present invention isolates the memory resource requirements of the circuit boar |
| 5655148 |
Method for automatically configuring devices including a network adapter without manual interven |
August 5, 1997 |
| A system for configuring a network adapter of a computer without user intervention. Device information for the devices of the computer, including each network adapter, is collected to uniquely identify the devices and to describe the device characteristics associated with the operati |
| 5634046 |
General purpose use of a stack pointer register |
May 27, 1997 |
| The stack pointer register in a computer is made available for general purpose use by programs executing at lower privilege levels than interrupt handlers. A set of instructions in such programs, excluding stack operations, stores data other than the stack pointer, such as operands, |
| 5627964 |
Reduce or fail-safe bootstrapping of a system having a graphical user interface |
May 6, 1997 |
| A method and system are disclosed for invoking a limited or "fail-safe" functionality from a computer system having a graphical user interface (GUI). In one aspect, a computer operating system having GUI functionality can be activated with two different sets of GUI features. Normally, th |
| 5579517 |
Common name space for long and short filenames |
November 26, 1996 |
| An operating system provides a common name space for both long filenames and short filenames. In this common namespace, a long filename and a short filename are provided for each file. Each file has a short filename directory entry and may have at least one long filename directory entry |
| 5548759 |
System for storing executable code within a resource data section of an executable file |
August 20, 1996 |
| Multiple files are combined into a single file (64a) in new executable format to operate a hardware or software device, such as a peripheral device (30a), while retaining compatibility with an operating system (40). The resources portion (98) of the single file is extended to put one or |
