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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.

Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2020

Filed:

Feb. 20, 2018
Applicant:

Dell Products, L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Bradford Edward Vier, Austin, TX (US);

Christian L. Critz, Liberty Hill, TX (US);

James T. Gillon, Round Rock, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 15/78 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/441 (2013.01); G06F 9/4403 (2013.01); G06F 9/4405 (2013.01); G06F 11/1417 (2013.01); G06F 15/7839 (2013.01); G06F 9/4401 (2013.01); G06F 9/4411 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods for manufacturing Information Handling Systems (IHSs) with Operating System (OS)-specific hardware and/or firmware components. In some embodiments, an IHS may include a first Operating System (OS)-specific chip coupled to a motherboard; and an Embedded Controller (EC) coupled to the motherboard, the EC configured to execute program instructions that cause the IHS to, in response to a user interface device having a second OS-specific chip being coupled to the IHS during manufacturing of the IHS deactivate the first OS-specific chip and activate the second OS-specific chip.


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