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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2022
Filed:
Aug. 17, 2020
Applicant:
Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Inventors:
Balasingh P. Samuel, Round Rock, TX (US);
Sungsup Lee, Pflugerville, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 8/71 (2018.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 8/71 (2013.01); G06F 9/4401 (2013.01);
Abstract
Firmware updates are packaged in a manner that enables a firmware update utility to be executed to provide control functionality for deployment of the firmware updates while leveraging an operating system provided update framework to deliver the firmware updates to pre-boot environment. Accordingly, control over the deployment of the firmware updates is provided without difficulties and security risks of employing a custom kernel-mode driver to deliver the firmware updates.