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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2019
Applicant:
Insyde Software Corp., Taipei, TW;
Inventor:
Timothy Andrew Lewis, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Assignee:
Insyde Software Corp., Taipei, TW;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 1/24 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 1/24 (2013.01); G06F 21/572 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system and method for updating firmware data on a computing platform in response to a firmware update request received in the form of a signed capsule file received via a runtime service is discussed. The firmware update request may be a request to update UEFI firmware and be received using the UpdateCapsule runtime service. The firmware data may include data associated with UEFI protected variables, SMBIOS data, logo data, microcode update data and pre-operating system security policy data.