Appeal No. 1998-0948
Application No. 08/198,343
BACKGROUND
The appellant's invention relates to a system for automatic recovery from software
problems that cause computer failure. Specifically, appellant’s invention is concerned with
problems during initial booting of the computer at startup. An understanding of the
invention can be derived from a reading of exemplary claim 1, which is reproduced below.
1. In a computer, a system for recovering from software problems that interfere
with proper startup of the computer, comprising:
a storage mechanism having at least a main storage area from which operating
system software is normally retrieved and loaded into working memory during startup of
the computer, and a secondary area storing at least those portions of said operating
system software which are necessary to start the computer;
means for detecting a software problem that interferes with proper startup of the
computer;
means for attempting to fix a detected software problem; and
means responsive to the detection of said problem for booting the computer from
the portions of the operating system stored in said secondary area when the problem is
not fixed by said attempting means, to thereby enable the computer to be started.
The prior art references of record relied upon by the examiner in rejecting the
appealed claims are:
Calle et al. (Calle) 4,070,704 Jan. 24, 1978
Bentley et al. (Bentley) 4,654,852 Mar. 31, 1987
Arnold et al. (Arnold) 5,128,995 Jul. 07, 1992
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