Appeal No. 2003-0766
Application No. 09/266,325
BACKGROUND
Appellants’ invention is directed to a method and apparatus
for specifying an operating system during a current computing
session such that upon reboot, the computer will boot up into the
specified operating system. A computerized user interface allows
a user to select a desired operating system which will load upon
restarting of the computer (specification, page 4).
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced below:
1. A computerized user interface for assisting a computer
user in selecting an operating system for use on a computer
comprising:
a computer for storing, displaying, and processing
information;
computer program code running on said computer, the computer
program code operating in a current computing session and
implementing in the computer the steps of:
providing an interactive menu on a display, said menu
comprising a list of operating systems available to run on said
computer;
providing an activatible control mechanism for selecting one
of the operating systems displayed on said menu; and
setting a default operating system for a load utility
installed on said computer to an operating system selected with
the activatible control.
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