Patents by Inventor Christine Iju Wang

Christine Iju Wang 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).

  • System and apparatus for eliminating user interaction during hardware configuration at system boot
    Patent number: 7401332
    Abstract: A system and method are provided to allow a user to update a computer system without having to interact with an initialization, or configurator software utility, or program. More particularly, the present invention allows a system provider, manufacturer, or service provider to create an installation file that, when provided to a user, will configure a system to accommodate newly added/removed hardware automatically. A base model and a new model of the system are maintained. The new model will include one or more different configurations, such as new graphics adapters, communications adapters, I/O controllers, or the like. The provider will have created a recovery/install image to be used with the base model. An operating system including a configurator program will be running on both the base model system and new model system. Software, such as device drivers, to be used with the new model's changed hardware configuration is installed on the new model system and initialized using its configurator program.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2008
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventors: Robert Kimberlin Foster, Mark Wayne Grosch, Minh Nguyen, Christine Iju Wang
  • System and apparatus for eliminating user interaction during hardware configuration at system boot
    Publication number: 20040139308
    Abstract: A system and method are provided to allow a user to update a computer system without having to interact with an initialization, or configurator software utility, or program. More particularly, the present invention allows a system provider, manufacturer, or service provider to create an installation file that, when provided to a user, will configure a system to accommodate newly added/removed hardware automatically. A base model and a new model of the system are maintained. The new model will include one or more different configurations, such as new graphics adapters, communications adapters, I/O controllers, or the like. The provider will have created a recovery/install image to be used with the base model. An operating system including a configurator program will be running on both the base model system and new model system. Software, such as device drivers, to be used with the new model's changed hardware configuration is installed on the new model system and initialized using its configurator program.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 9, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: International Business Machines Corp.
    Inventors: Robert Kimberlin Foster, Mark Wayne Grosch, Minh Nguyen, Christine Iju Wang