Appeal No. 1999-1193
Application No. 08/429,504
2. A method for efficiently storing an operating state
of a data processing system within a nonvolatile mass storage
device, said data processing system having a processor and a
volatile system memory, wherein volatile data within said data
processing system defines said operating state, said method
comprising:
in response to a selected input, determining if storage
of said operating state of said data processing system is
possible;
only in response to a determination that storage of said
operating state is possible, creating, within said nonvolatile
mass storage device, a file to store said operating state of
said data processing system;
in response to a determination that storage of said
operating state is possible, halting scheduling of tasks to be
performed by said data processing system;
removing data not required for operation of said data
processing system from said volatile system memory; and
thereafter, storing said operating state of said data
processing system within said file in said nonvolatile mass
storage device, such that said operating state of said data
processing system can be efficiently restored.
The Examiner relies on the following reference:
Crump et al. (Crump) 5,560,023 Sep. 24, 1996
(filing date Sep. 7, 1994)
Claims 7 to 8, and 23 to 24 stand rejected under 35
U.S.C.
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