Patents by Inventor Shuichiro Aoki

Shuichiro Aoki 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).

  • Operating system startup apparatus, method for operating system startup and a mechanically readable storage medium containing a program therefor
    Patent number: 6108780
    Abstract: When installing an operating system into a system-resident volume, the operating system boot path information and identifier are written into a backup memory and the system-resident volume. When booting of an operating system is instructed in the case in which the operating system has been installed on the system-resident volume of another computer, if a referencing means judges that the operating system boot path information and identifier have not been stored in the backup memory, a booting means causes the contents of the backup memory to coincide with the boot path information and the identifier that are stored in the system-resident volume, and then boots the operating system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 31, 1998
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2000
    Assignee: NEC Corporation
    Inventor: Shuichiro Aoki