Patents by Inventor Alan Abrahams

Alan Abrahams has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Remote bootstrapping a node over communication link by initially requesting remote storage access program which emulates local disk to load other programs
    Patent number: 5280627
    Abstract: A system and method of down loading, over a network, operating systems or other executable programs to a computer which does not have a boot device or other device containing the executable program. Down loading is accomplished without modification of the loadable image. The computer has a network interface which requests a minimum-boot program be transferred from a host computer on the network. The minimum-boot program, when executed, establishes a logical connection to a disk server on the network and allows the requesting computer to treat the disk server as a local boot device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 1992
    Date of Patent: January 18, 1994
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Flaherty, Alan Abrahams
  • Remote bootstrapping a node over communication link by initially requesting remote storage access program which emulates local disk to load other programs
    Patent number: 5146568
    Abstract: A system and method of down loading, over a network, operating systems or other executable programs to a computer which does not have a boot device or other device containing the executable program. Down loading is accomplished without modification of the loadable image. The computer has a network interface which requests a minimum-boot program be transferred from a host computer on the network. The minimum-boot program, when executed, establishes a logical connection to a disk server on the network and allows the requesting computer to treat the disk server as a local boot device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 1988
    Date of Patent: September 8, 1992
    Assignee: Digital Equipment Corporation
    Inventors: James E. Flaherty, Alan Abrahams