Intel Corporation

Nimrod Diamant

David Gordon

Vincent J Zimmer

Avigdor Dori Eldar

Eliel Louzoun

Carey W Smith

Omer Levy

Tsippy Mendelson

Benjamin Getz

Itamar Shroni

Michael A Rothman

Patrick L Connor

Sujoy Sen

Ohad Falik

Robert Charles Swanson

Anil Vasudevan

Howard C Herbert

Daniel Nemiroff

Robert W Strong

Paritosh Saxena

Amber D Huffman

Moshe Maor

Eric K Mann

Eli Elik Kupermann

Dinesh Kumar

Itay Franko

Ariel Malamud

Yifat Ben-Shahar

Zvi Vlodavsky

Gil Baruch

Jacob Twersky

Marcus Calescibetta

Millik Bulusu

Benny Getz

Carry Smith

Gershon Bar-On

Fran Corrado

Embodiments of systems and methods for applying a component update using a management engine are disclosed. A computing device may include a management engine to store a bootable image containing an update for a component of the computing device in a secured memory location and configure the computing device to boot from the bootable image. Such configuration may include configuring the computing device for integrated device electronics redirection (IDE-R) to the bootable image. A firmware update server may generate the bootable image containing the update, digitally sign the bootable image, and transmit the bootable image to the computing device for the update to be applied. The firmware update server may sign the bootable image with an original equipment manufacturer key, such as a firmware signing key. The firmware update server may notify all computing devices connected to a network that the update is available. Other embodiments are described and claimed.

Component update using management engine

A method and system of communicating data to or from a remote computer. The remote computer is accessed by a CPU as though it were a local IDE controller attached to a local IDE device. A peripheral device distinct from the CPU provides a set of virtual IDE device registers and an IDE controller to the central processing unit. The peripheral device receives data written to the set of virtual IDE device registers, and transmits the data into a network, addressed for reception by the remote computer. The remote computer receives the data, interprets it, and performs operations upon a mirror set of device data. The remote computer then responds, and transmits its response across the network to the peripheral device. The peripheral device communicates the response to the CPU in a fashion identical to an physical IDE controller attached to a physical IDE device.

Redirection communication

Some aspects include beginning a power on self test (POST) by a BIOS for a computer system; enumerating the computer system by the BIOS; providing, based on the enumeration of the computer system by the BIOS, at least one configuration setting of the computer system to a management engine (ME) of the computer system; and applying a lock to the at least one configuration setting by the ME to manage a change to the at least one configuration setting, all prior to an ending of the POST.

Method to ensure platform silicon configuration integrity

A mechanism is described for facilitating efficient operations paths for storage devices in computing systems according to one embodiment of the invention. A method of embodiments of the invention includes identifying a request for power mode change at a storage device at a computing system. The request for power mode change indicates potential reduced power state of the storage device. The method may further include transferring context information at the storage device to a host memory at the computing system, in response to the first command, and saving the context information at the host memory, wherein the storage device is at reduced power state.

Mechanism for facilitating efficient operations paths for storage devices in computing systems

According to various embodiments, a computer-implemented method is disclosed that includes receiving, at a wireless adaptor of a device, a wireless data packet from an access point (AP), wherein the wireless data packet includes a Basic Service Set Identifier (BSSID) of the AP; changing the BSSID of the received data packet by a processor or hardware to produce a modified wireless data packet; and transmitting the modified wireless data packet to an application on the device.

Privacy control for wireless devices

Systems and methods of restricting access to mobile platform location information may involve receiving, via a link, location information for a mobile platform at a processor of the mobile platform, and preventing unauthorized access to the location information by an operating system associated with the mobile platform.

Secure and private location

Embodiments of systems and methods for applying a component update using a management engine are disclosed. In some embodiments, the method may comprise storing a bootable image containing an update for a component of a computing device in a secured memory location and configuring the computing device to boot from the bootable image. Such configuration may include configuring the computing device for integrated device electronics redirection (IDE-R) to the bootable image.

A method and system of conveying data to a remote computer, which may act as a management console. A virtual communications port is provided to a central processing unit. The virtual communications port is provided using a device distinct from the central processing unit, such as a network controller card with manageability features inborn. The device providing the virtual communications port receives the data written to the virtual communications port. Thereafter, the device transmits the data into a network, addressed for reception by the remote computer. The remote computer may be used as a management console so that keystrokes entered thereupon may be relayed through the virtual communications port to the aforementioned central processing unit.

Virtual serial port and protocol for use in serial-over-LAN communication

Apparatus, system, and method having a first memory to receive a parameter associated with a second operating system protocol stack; and a first operating system protocol stack to be configured with parameter. The system includes a communication medium and a manageability module. The method includes monitoring content of messages communicated between a host client computer and a server computer over a network, inspecting the content of the messages for protocol parameters, providing the protocol parameters to a manageability module associated with the host client computer, and configuring a second operating system protocol stack associated with the manageability module to match a first operating system protocol stack associated with the host client computer.

Internet protocol (IP) address sharing and platform dynamic host configuration protocol (DHCP) mediator

Device images, for example IDE mass storage device images, may be enabled and disabled without disrupting a host system. In one embodiment, the invention includes a memory device register to indicate the presence of a memory device to a computer system, a switch coupled to the memory device register to set the memory device register to indicate the presence of a memory device, and an external interface coupled to the switch to operate the switch.

Enabling and disabling device images on a platform without disrupting BIOS or OS

A video redirection system redirects an incoming video stream to a remote console. The video redirection system samples the video stream to generate a currently sampled frame comprising a plurality of tiles, and calculates a current hash value for each of the tiles. The video redirection system compresses the tile if the current hash value is different from a reference hash value locally stored inside the video redirection system. A difference in the hash value indicates that there is a change in the tile of the currently sampled frame from the corresponding tile of the previously sampled frame. Thus, it is no longer necessary to compare the currently sampled frame with a reference frame in the memory. Accordingly, the amount of memory access is reduced.

Optimized video compression using hashing function

Devices, media, systems, and methods provide remote maintenance of a managed computer system through a remote computer. The remote computer is accessed by a CPU in the managed computer system as though it were a local IDE controller attached to a local IDE device. A peripheral device distinct from the CPU provides a set of virtual IDE device registers and an IDE controller to the CPU. The peripheral device receives data written to the set of virtual IDE device registers, and it transmits the data into a network, addressed for reception by the remote computer. The remote computer receives the data, interprets it, and performs operations upon a mirror set of device data. The remote computer then transmits its response across the network to the peripheral device. The peripheral device communicates the response to the CPU in a fashion identical to a physical IDE controller attached to a physical IDE device.

Virtual IDE interface and protocol for use in IDE redirection communication

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