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US 10,896,047 B2Granted
Booting a computer using a wireless network connection
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsIsaac Lagnado, Rahul Lakdawala
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Abstract
A system includes an input device and a processor. The processor, in a pre-boot phase, determines whether the input device indicates that the system is to be booted using a wireless network connection; and based at least in a part on the determination, retrieves an identifier for the wireless network connection. The processor uses the identifier to boot the system.
Claims15
A system comprising:
- an input device;
- and
- a processor to:
- in a pre-boot phase, determine whether the user input device indicates that the system is to be booted from a remote boot device received from a wireless network connection accessed via a wireless network adapter of the system selected over a predesignated higher-priority local boot device on a mass storage device of the system, wherein the selection is between a first network controller and a second network controller;
- and
- based at least in a part on the determination, retrieve an identifier for the wireless network connection, the identifier including a network identifier and a security key;
- and
- use the identifier to configure the wireless network adapter during the pre-boot phase to access the remote boot device via the wireless network connection.
5 more elements
An article comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium to store instructions that when executed by a computer cause the computer system to:
- in a pre-boot phase, configure a wireless network adapter with a network identifier and security key to detect whether a predefined wireless network associated with the network identifier is available for connection with the computer;
- comprising based at least in part on a result of the detection and a user input, use the wireless network to receive a remote boot device to boot the computer selected over a predesignated higher-priority local boot device on a mass storage device of the system, wherein the selection is between a first network controller and a second network controller;
- and
- boot the computer with the local boot device when the wireless network is not available.
1 more element
A method comprising:
- detecting a removable media device installed in a computer;
- determining whether the removable media device indicates that the computer is to be booted from a remote boot device received from a wireless network connection accessed via a wireless network adapter of the computer selected over a predesignated higher-priority local boot device on a mass storage device of the computer, wherein the selection is between a first network controller and a second network controller;
- and
- in response to the determination, selectively configuring the wireless network adapter of the computer during the pre-boot phase based on data stored on the removable media device including a network identifier and a security key to establish the wireless network connection and using the wireless connection formed by the wireless network adapter to receive the boot device and boot the computer.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.