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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:
Sep. 29, 2020

Filed:

Mar. 01, 2018
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Anand Prakash Joshi, Round Rock, TX (US);

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

Alok Pant, Austin, TX (US);

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

Adolfo S. Montero, Pflugerville, 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 providing pre-boot services in an Information Handling System (IHS) having Operating System (OS)-specific hardware and/or firmware components. In some embodiments, an IHS may include an Embedded Controller (EC), a first Operating System (OS)-specific chip coupled to the EC, and a second OS-specific chip coupled to the EC, where the EC is configured to cause the IHS to: in a first mode of operation, perform a first boot procedure using the first OS-specific chip; and in a second mode of operation, perform a second boot procedure using the second OS-specific chip.


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