Patent ID: 7996498
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for operating a host computer in a computer network from a portable data storage medium containing a portable operating system, the apparatus comprising: a first set of instructions in the portable operating system in the portable data storage medium operatively connected to the host computer, wherein the first set of instructions can generate an operating environment for the host computer by utilizing a hardware profile stored inside the host computer or accessible by the host computer in the computer network and wherein the hardware profile is neither transferred nor impressed onto the portable operating system in the portable data storage medium; and the hardware profile containing hardware device and characteristic information, wherein the first set of instructions in the portable operating system on the portable data storage medium can access a designated location in the computer network or in the host computer to access the hardware profile and wherein the hardware profile is neither transferred nor impressed onto the portable operating system in the portable data storage medium.