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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 12, 2022
Filed:
Mar. 26, 2019
Applicant:
Nec Platforms, Ltd., Kawasaki, JP;
Inventor:
Nobuhito Takamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
NEC Platforms, Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01);
Abstract
What is provided is a device which is added to a computer system and operated by firmware, the device including a policy designation unit configured to cause a storage unit to store, in advance, a user policy for defining conditions for determining the firmware in a case where there is no version information of the firmware recommended for the device, and a firmware determination unit configured to determine the firmware to be applied to the device on the basis of the user policy in a case where information indicating that there is no version information of the firmware has been acquired when the firmware is determined.