ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 11 -- United States Patent no. 12,468,547, issued on Nov. 11, was assigned to MITAC COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY Corp. (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

"Computer and method of booting computer" was invented by Hsin-I Lee (Taoyuan, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method of booting a computer is provided. The computer includes a processing unit, and a baseboard controlling unit storing a prioritized option of boot device and a prioritized type of boot hard disk. The method includes steps of: the processing unit sending a first query about the prioritized option of boot device to the baseboard controlling unit; in response to receiving the prioritized option of boot device from the baseb...