NETWORK TERMINAL OPERATED BY DOWNLOADABLE OPERATING SYSTEM AND OPERATING METHOD THEREOF
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Abstract
A network terminal operated by a downloadable operating system is provided. In the network terminal, a power supply supplies a power to an element of the network terminal, a nonvolatile storage medium stores a basic input/output system (BIOS) that automatically operates upon the supplying of the power, a controller is initialized by the operation of the BIOS in order to enable a connection between the network terminal and a host computer and to enable a download of a terminal operating system (OS) from the host computer to the network terminal, and a volatile storage medium stores the terminal OS downloaded from the host computer.
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38 Claims
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1-18. -18. (canceled)
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19. A network terminal comprising:
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a power supply to supply power to the network terminal; a nonvolatile storage medium to store a basic input/output system (BIOS); a stateless controller to be initialized by operation of the BIOS to enable a connection between the network terminal and a host computer having a central processing unit (CPU), wherein a terminal OS is configured to control operation of the controller and not a CPU; and an Input/Output (I/O) port connected to the controller and connectable to at least one user interface, wherein a manipulation of the at least one user interface by a network terminal user is received via the I/O port, and wherein the controller controls communication of the manipulation to the host computer for execution by the CPU responsive to an application program on the host computer to provide execution results. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of communicating a manipulation of at least one user interface at a network terminal to a host computer, the method comprising:
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initializing a stateless controller by operation of a basic input/output system (BIOS) stored in a nonvolatile storage medium at the network terminal; using the stateless controller to enable a connection between the network terminal and the host computer, the host computer having a central processing unit (CPU) and a terminal OS of the network terminal being configured to control operation of the controller and not a CPU; receiving a manipulation of the at least one user interface at the network terminal via an Input/Output (I/O) port connected to the controller and to the at least one user interface; and using the controller to control communication of the manipulation to the host computer for execution by the CPU responsive to an application program on the host computer to provide execution results. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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