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Apple Assigned Patent

Initiate installation of OS onto storage device

Apple, Inc., Cupertino, CA, has been assigned a patent (8,341,384) developed by Jack R. Matthew, and John R. Chang, San Francisco, CA for an "installation of software onto a computer."

The abstract of the patent published by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office states: "An indication is received from a user to initiate installation of an OS onto a storage device of a computer. The storage device is partitioned into an original partition and a new partition. Installation software for the OS is loaded onto the new partition. The computer is booted into the installation software on the new partition. The OS is installed onto the original partition via the installation software on the new partition. The computer is then re-booted into the OS on the original partition and the new partition is removed from the storage device."

The patent application was filed on Sept. 30, 2008 (12/242,348).

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