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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2019
Filed:
Sep. 12, 2016
Applicant:
Dell Products, L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Mukund P. Khatri, Austin, TX (US);
Bill C. Munger, Round Rock, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 9/44 (2018.01); H04L 9/32 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/575 (2013.01); H04L 9/3247 (2013.01); H04L 9/3263 (2013.01); G06F 9/44 (2013.01);
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing and verifying customer-owned trust of device firmware are described. In some embodiments, an Information Handling System (IHS), may include a processor and a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) coupled to the processor, the BIOS having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the IHS to: receive, from a user, selection of a pre-boot code module; export a digest of the pre-boot code module to the user; and import the digest signed by the user.