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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19. A network terminal comprising:
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a power supply to supply power to the network terminal; a communication part to communicate with a host computer, the host computer including a Central Processing Unit (CPU) including an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) and a control unit to decode and execute instructions stored on the host computer, the ALU including an adder for adding numbers, an accumulator to store results of arithmetic and logic operations; a controller excluding an ALU and a control unit, the controller to be initialized by operation of a BIOS to enable a connection between the network terminal and the host computer, and wherein a terminal OS is provided to control operation of the controller; 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 communicated to the CPU for execution, and not for execution by the controller, to obtain execution results to be communicated to the network device for display. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32)
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33. 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 controller excluding an ALU and a control unit by operation of a BIOS to enable a connection between the network terminal and the host computer; controlling operation of a controller of the network terminal using a terminal OS, the host computer including a Central Processing Unit (CPU) including an arithmetic logic unit (ALU) and a control unit to decode and execute instructions stored on the host computer, the ALU including an adder for adding numbers, an accumulator to store results of arithmetic and logic operations; and receiving the manipulation of the at least one user interface by a network terminal user via an I/O port; and communicating the manipulation to the CPU for execution, and not for execution by the controller, to obtain execution results to be communicated to the network device for display. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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Specification