Patent ID: 7165137

Claim:
A system for starting and controlling operation of an intelligent device comprising: a NAND flash memory application and file storage device configured to read and write data files, one or more of the data files including a basic input/output system (BIOS) interface; a random access memory (RAM); a loading logic circuit that configures the application and file storage device to operate and, places a chip enable signal of the application and file storage device in an active state; sends a command to the application and file storage device over a data bus of the device; awaits the application and file storage device to change state from a busy state, while processing the command, to a ready state; sets a command latch enable and read address latch enable signal to an inactive state; sends a read enable signal to the application and file storage device; and sends a write signal to the RAM, and thereby copies a portion of the BIOS from the storage device into the RAM.