Operation of a system
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsSarah E. Bates, T. Andrew Crump
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Abstract
A system includes an operating system capable of providing a first operating environment and a first routine running outside the first operating environment. The first routine is adapted to selectively load the operating system or to present an interface through which a user may access and change or update predetermined information. The routine is adapted to transition the system to an off state without loading the operating system.
Claims24
A method for use in a system, comprising:
- providing at least one operating system;
- receiving an indication to provide a predefined operating environment without loading any operating system;
- running a routine in the predefined operating environment without loading any operating system in response to the indication;
- and
- receiving, under control of the routine, requests to access information contained in a storage medium in the system.
A system comprising:
- at least one operating system;
- and
- a first routine adapted to selectively load the at least one operating system or to cause provision of a predefined operating environment without loading any operating system, the predefined operating environment to present an interface through which a user may access predetermined information, the first routine adapted to transition the system from the predefined operating environment to an off state without loading any operating system.
A system comprising:
- first and second operating environments;
- a first program active in the first operating environment that controls access to a first set of information;
- a second program active in the second operating environment that controls access to a second set of information, the second operating environment active without loading an operating system;
- and
- a synchronization program that synchronizes information between the first and second sets.
An article including a machine-readable storage medium containing instructions that when executed cause a system to:
- determine whether to load any operating system in the system;
- present an alternative operating environment if no operating system is to be loaded;
- and
- allow access to predetermined information in the alternative operating environment.
A system comprising:
- a storage medium;
- at least one operating system that provides at least a first operating environment having features;
- a routine to provide a second operating environment without loading any operating system, the second operating environment having less than all of the features of the first operating environment;
- and
- a processor, the routine executable on the processor in the second environment to access data in the storage medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.