Patent ID: 7334122
Filing Date: 2008-02-19
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for booting a client computer to a predetermined state via a network, the method comprising: issuing, by a client executing emulation code and client disk access interrupt procedures, a request for a first set of sectors of a virtual hard disk associated with a server computing device, the first set of sectors comprising a first boot file; receiving, via the network, the first boot file from the server computing device; executing the contents of the first boot file, the executing comprising: receiving, from the server computing device, the second boot file, the second boot file comprising an O/S boot file; executing the second boot file, the executing comprising: receiving the hibernation image, the hibernation image comprising the contents of local memory, memory management information, and other state information needed to restore the client to the pre-determined operating state; loading the hibernation image into client memory; and initializing drivers, data structures and applications associated with the O/S to thereby restore the client computer to the predetermined state.