Pui Fong Leung

US Patent:

20060129788, Jun 15, 2006

Filed:

Dec 15, 2004

Appl. No.:

11/014014

Inventors:

Masato Maeda - Issaguah WA, US
Pui Leung - Bellevue WA, US
Gregory Sorknes - Mercer Island WA, US
James Frye - Houston TX, US

International Classification:

G06F 9/00

US Classification:

713001000

Abstract:

The unique identifier (UID) boot system provides a system and method for booting a network connected processing system. Briefly described, one embodiment is a method comprising receiving a UID, the UID uniquely identifying the network connected processing system; determining a directory structure from a first portion of the UID, the directory structure identifying a memory location in a network accessible memory wherein a UID script file resides, the UID script file comprising additional script that causes the network connected processing system to retrieve at least one resource information file; and determining a file name from a second portion of the UID, the file name identifying the UID script file.