The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.

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:
May. 31, 2022

Filed:

Aug. 01, 2019
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Minhaj Ahmed, Allen, TX (US);

Daniel L. Hamlin, Round Rock, TX (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 7/04 (2006.01); G06F 21/30 (2013.01); G06F 21/41 (2013.01); G06F 21/33 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/572 (2013.01); G06F 21/335 (2013.01); G06F 21/41 (2013.01); G06F 21/575 (2013.01);
Abstract

Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented during a pre-boot environment to authenticate a user in the basic input/output system (BIOS) of an information handling system, and to securely provision a resulting authentication token to post-boot operating system (OS) login components of the system. In addition, single sign-on user authentication may be performed during a pre-boot BIOS environment and then extended to the post-boot OS environment without requiring exchange of pins or other intermediary authentication factors between the OS and pre-boot authentication (PBA) for the user to gain access to the information handling system or other network resources.


Find Patent Forward Citations

Loading…