What is claimed is:
1. A method comprising:
launching a firmware interface on a processing system;
executing logic in the firmware interface to attempt launching an operating system on the processing system;
detecting an unsuccessful attempt to launch the operating system at the firmware interface; and
initiating a system reset of the processing system by the firmware interface in response to detecting the unsuccessful attempt to launch the operating system.
2. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising:
setting a timer at the firmware interface; and
detecting an unsuccessful attempt to launch the operating system by detecting an expiration of the timer at the firmware interface.
3. The method of claim 2, the method further comprising:
detecting a successful launch of the operating system at the firmware interface; and
disabling timer in response to detecting the successful launch of the operating system.
4. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising re-attempting to launch the operating system on the processing system in response to initiating a system reset of the processing system.
5. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising attempting to launch a different operating system on the processing system in response to a system reset of the processing system.
6. The method of claim 1, the method further comprising launching the firmware interface in response to an execution of one or more BIOS routines.
7. The method of claim 6, the method further comprising:
launching a boot manager in response to the execution of the one or more BIOS routines; and
launching an operating system loader from the boot manager.
8. A processing system comprising:
logic to detect an unsuccessful launch of an operating system; and
logic to initiate a system reset of the processing system in response to detecting the unsuccessful attempt to launch the operating system.
9. The processing system of claim 8, the processing system further comprising:
logic to set a timer; and
logic to detect an unsuccessful attempt to launch the operating system by detecting an expiration of the timer.
10. The processing system of claim 9, the processing system further comprising:
logic to detect a successful launch of the operating system; and
logic to disable the timer in response to detecting the successful launch of the operating system.
11. The processing system of claim 8, the processing system further comprising logic to re-attempt launching the operating system on the processing system in response to a system reset of the processing system.
12. The processing system of claim 8, the processing system further comprising logic to attempt launching a different operating system on the processing system in response to a system reset of the processing system.
13. The processing system of claim 8, the processing system further comprising logic to launch a firmware interface in response to an execution of one or more BIOS routines.
14. The processing system of claim 13, the processing system further comprising:
logic to launch a boot manager in response to the execution of the one or more BIOS routines; and
logic to launch an operating system loader from the boot manager.
15. An article comprising:
a storage medium comprising machine-readable instructions stored thereon for:
attempting to launch an operating system on a processing system;
detecting an unsuccessful attempt to launch the operating system; and
initiating a system reset of the processing system in response to detecting the unsuccessful attempt to launch the operating system.
16. The article of claim 15, wherein the storage medium further comprises machine-readable instructions stored thereon for:
setting a timer; and
detecting an unsuccessful attempt to launch the operating system by detecting an expiration of the timer.
17. The article of claim 16, wherein the storage medium further comprises machine-readable instructions stored thereon for:
detecting a successful launch of the operating system; and
disabling the timer upon detecting the successful launch of the operating system.
18. The article of claim 15, wherein the storage medium further comprises machine-readable instructions stored thereon for re-attempting to launch the operating system on the processing system in response to the system reset of the processing system.
19. The article of claim 15, wherein the storage medium further comprises machine-readable instructions stored thereon for attempting to launch a different operating system on the processing system in response to the system reset of the processing system.
20. The article of claim 15, wherein the storage medium further comprises machine-readable instructions stored thereon for launching a firmware interface in response to an execution of one or more BIOS routines.
21. The article of claim 20, wherein the storage medium further comprises machine-readable instructions stored thereon for:
launching boot manager in response to the execution of the one or more BIOS routines; and
launching an operating system loader from the boot manager.
22. A system comprising:
a data bus;
one or more peripheral devices; and
a host processing system coupled to the one or more peripheral devices through the data bus, the host processing system comprising:
logic to detect an unsuccessful launch of an operating system; and
logic to initiate a system reset of the processing system in response to detecting the unsuccessful attempt to launch the operating system.
23. The system of claim 22, wherein the host processing system further comprises:
logic to set a timer; and
logic to detect an unsuccessful attempt to launch the operating system by detecting an expiration of the timer.
24. The system of claim 23, wherein the host processing system further comprises:
logic to detect a successful launch of the operating system; and
logic to disable the timer in response to detecting the successful launch of the operating system.
25. The system of claim 22, wherein the host processing system further comprises logic to re-attempt launching the operating system on the processing system in response to a system reset of the processing system.
26. The system of claim 22, wherein the host processing system further comprises logic to attempt launching a different operating system on the processing system in response to a system reset of the processing system.
27. An apparatus comprising:
means for attempting to launch an operating system on a processing system;
means for detecting an unsuccessful attempt to launch the operating system; and
means for initiating a system reset of the processing system by the firmware interface in response to detecting the unsuccessful attempt to launch the operating system.
28. The apparatus of claim 27, the apparatus further comprising:
means for setting a timer; and
means for detecting an unsuccessful attempt to launch the operating system by detecting an expiration of the timer.
29. The apparatus of claim 28, the apparatus further comprising:
means for detecting a successful launch of the operating system at the firmware interface; and
means for disabling timer in response to detecting the successful launch of the operating system.
30. The apparatus of claim 27, the apparatus further comprising means for re-attempting to launch the operating system on the processing system in response to initiating a system reset of the processing system.
31. The apparatus of claim 2, the apparatus further comprising means for attempting to launch a different operating system on the processing system in response to a system reset of the processing system.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A method of managing contact data, the method comprising:
storing a plurality of contact attributes distilled from at least one data source in a memory, the contact attributes defining a plurality of contacts;
receiving input data at a communications interface;
identifying at least one search attribute from the received input data;
selecting at least one of the plurality of contacts based on matches between the plurality of contact attributes and the at least one search attribute; and
transmitting notification data based on the selected contact.
2. The method of claim 1, further comprising:
prior to storing the plurality of contact attributes, receiving contact data and distilling the plurality of contact attributes from the received contact data.
3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
transmitting a request for contact data to the at least one data source prior to receiving the contact data.
4. The method of claim 2, further comprising:
storing the received contact data in the memory; and,
after distilling the plurality of contact attributes, deleting the received contact data.
5. The method of claim 1, wherein the input data comprises at least one keyword, and wherein the at least one search attribute is derived from the at least one keyword.
6. The method of claim 1, wherein transmitting notification data comprises transmitting a contact attribute defining the selected contact.
7. The method of claim 6, wherein the transmitted contact attribute is a name attribute.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein receiving input data comprises receiving the input data from a client device, the input data having been gathered by the client device via monitoring of at least one application being executed on the client device.
9. A server, comprising:
a memory;
a communications interface; and,
a processor configured to perform the method of claim 1.
10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium for storing computer-readable instructions executable by a processor, the computer-readable instructions implementing the method of claim 1.