System for displaying information on system start-up
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorThierry Touchet
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Abstract
A system for displaying information on start-up includes a display screen, a power supply, a data processor, system initialization routine software stored in a non-volatile memory, and one or more ancillary devices, the non-volatile memory including system critical information which is used during a system boot sequence by the system to enable the system subsequently to operate, and wherein the non-volatile memory includes system non-critical information relating to the identity of the manufacturer or supplier of one or more of the ancillary devices, and the system non-critical information is displayable on the display screen during the system boot sequence.
Claims12
A system comprising:
- a display screen,
- a power supply,
- a data processor,
- a non-volatile memory,
- system initialization routine software stored in the non-volatile memory, and
- one or more ancillary devices,
- wherein the non-volatile memory includes system critical information which is used during a system boot sequence by the system to enable the system subsequently to operate,
- wherein the non-volatile memory includes system non-critical information relating to the kind and/or the identity of the manufacturer or supplier of one or more of the ancillary devices, and
- wherein the system non-critical information is used to display, on the display screen, a graphic during the system boot sequence, and
- wherein the system non-critical information is used by the system in order to identify a manufacturer of each of the one or more ancillary devices based on information provided by the one or more ancillary devices, and
- wherein, when the system is not able to identify a manufacturer of at least one of the one or more ancillary devices using the system non-critical information, the system non-critical information displays, on the display screen, information concerning the at least one of the one or more ancillary devices that indicates that a manufacturer of the at least one of the one or more ancillary devices is not an approved manufacturer with respect to a manufacturer of the system.
A method of performing a system boot sequence for a system including a display screen, a power supply, a data processor, system initialization routine software stored on a non-volatile memory, and one or more ancillary devices, the method comprising:
- activating the power supply,
- while the initialization routine software performs the system boot sequence, retrieving, from the non-volatile memory, system critical information necessary for the system subsequently to operate, and
- using system non-critical information relating to the kind and/or the identity of the manufacturer or supplier of one or more of the ancillary devices from the non-volatile memory, to display a graphic on the display screen,
- wherein the step of using system non-critical information further comprises:
- attempting to identify a manufacturer of each of the one or more ancillary devices based on information provided by the one or more ancillary devices, and
- when the system is not able to identify a manufacturer of at least one of the one or more ancillary devices using the system non-critical information, displaying, on the display screen, information concerning the at least one of the one or more ancillary devices that indicates that a manufacturer of the at least one of the one or more ancillary devices is not an approved manufacturer with respect to a manufacturer of the system.
A method of displaying information on a display screen relating to the manufacturer or supplier of one or more ancillary devices of a system during a system boot sequence, the system including a display screen, a power supply, a data processor, initialization software stored in a non-volatile memory, and the one or more ancillary devices, the method comprising:
- storing, in the non-volatile memory, system critical information which is used during the system boot sequence by the system to enable the system subsequently to operate,
- retrieving, from the non-volatile memory system, non-critical information relating to the kind and/or the identity of the manufacturer or supplier of one or more of the ancillary devices, and
- using the system non-critical information to display a graphic on the display screen during the system boot sequence,
- wherein the step of using system non-critical information further comprises:
- attempting to identify a manufacturer of each of the one or more ancillary devices based on information provided by the one or more ancillary devices, and
- when the system is not able to identify a manufacturer of at least one of the one or more ancillary devices using the system non-critical information, displaying, on the display screen, information concerning the at least one of the one or more ancillary devices that indicates that a manufacturer of the at least one of the one or more ancillary devices is not an approved manufacturer with respect to a manufacturer of the system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.