US Patent 7506144 Dynamic pre-operating system billboard service

Patent 7506144 was granted and assigned to Intel on March, 2009 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.

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Patent attributes

Current Assignee

Intel

Patent Jurisdiction

United States Patent and Trademark Office

Patent Number

7506144

Date of Patent

March 17, 2009

Patent Application Number

11284522

Date Filed

November 21, 2005

Patent Primary Examiner

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Suresh K Suryawanshi

Patent abstract

A method and apparatus for retrieving dynamic content over a communications network prior to booting an operating system is presented. The content may include a screen image for display on a console. The time period for displaying the content may be controlled by another computer coupled to the communications network. The content may be an advertisement that is displayed on a computer system in an Internet café for a controllable period of time prior to booting an operating system.