Patent ID: 7467290

Claim:
A system for providing a server-on-a-Universal Serial Bus (USB) for a computing device, the system comprising: a bus interface logic to interface the computing device with the system, the bus interface logic allowing the computing device to communicate with the system; a memory for storing a server image and a USB local control program, said USB local control program enabling the computing device to be used as a server and booting up said server, the server image being provided from said memory to the computing device by means of the USB local control program, the USB local control program providing hot swappable functionality to create different server environments, the server image includes a default field configurable and field upgradeable bitmap image of a first control logic, an active field configurable and field upgradeable bitmap image of the first control logic, the default field configurable and field upgradeable bitmap image and the active field configurable and field upgradeable bitmap image allows the server to track and utilize the firs control logic, a default compressed server image, an active server image, a default flash drive boot-up image, and an active flash boot-up image; and the first control logic coupled to the bus interface logic comprising serial bus control logic, Flash memory control, interrupt logic, status and control decode, and display control.