Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Electronic device having an alterable configuration and methods of manufacturing and configuring the same
- Patent Title (中): 具有可变构造的电子设备及其制造和配置的方法
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Application No.: US12392348Application Date: 2009-02-25
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Publication No.: US08156316B2Publication Date: 2012-04-10
- Inventor: Robert Henderson Wood , Bao Quoc Nguyen
- Applicant: Robert Henderson Wood , Bao Quoc Nguyen
- Applicant Address: CA Waterloo, Ontario
- Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
- Current Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
- Current Assignee Address: CA Waterloo, Ontario
- Main IPC: G06F9/00
- IPC: G06F9/00 ; G06F9/24 ; G06F15/177 ; G06F9/445

Abstract:
An electronic device having an alterable configuration includes a non-volatile memory configurable to include at least a first partition and a second partition, the non-volatile memory storing a boot ROM. The boot ROM is operable when executed by a processor of said electronic device to, in the event that a third partition is available, boot an operating system in the third partition, the operating system operable when booted to cause the third partition to be deleted and the second partition to be expanded to encompass memory freed by the deletion; and otherwise boot an operating system in the first partition.
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