Patents by Inventor Gerd Bautz

Gerd Bautz 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).

  • Apparatus and process for a starting a data processing installation
    Patent number: 6990575
    Abstract: A process for starting a data processing installation, and associated components, wherein program commands of a bootstrap program are stored in a bootstrap memory unit and, when executing the bootstrap program, a processor controls the transfer of program commands from a reload memory unit to a main memory unit and, after the transfer operation, execution of the program commands stored in the main memory unit during the transfer operation is started, the bootstrap memory unit and/or the reload memory unit being serial-access memory units which are less expensive than memory units used previously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2006
    Assignee: Siemens Aktiengesellschaft
    Inventors: Gerd Bautz, Juergen Moschner, Guy Coen
  • Process for starting a data processing installation, and associated components
    Publication number: 20020073307
    Abstract: A process for starting a data processing installation, and associated components, wherein program commands of a bootstrap program are stored in a bootstrap memory unit and, when executing the bootstrap program, a processor controls the transfer of program commands from a reload memory unit to a main memory unit and, after the transfer operation, execution of the program commands stored in the main memory unit during the transfer operation is started, the bootstrap memory unit and/or the reload memory unit being serial-access memory units which are less expensive than memory units used previously.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 11, 2001
    Publication date: June 13, 2002
    Inventors: Gerd Bautz, Juergen Moschner, Guy Coen