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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 20, 2024
Filed:
Dec. 09, 2020
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Yong Zhang, Belmont, CA (US);
Peter Yongchun Liu, Saratoga, CA (US);
Koroush Akhavan-Saraf, San Jose, CA (US);
Xin Wang, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew Q Ji, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Ben Wilson, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Fortinet, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Abstract
In network devices, during manufacturing, input for designation of a region code to be a non-specific region code is stored in a BIOS memory of the network device, and a specific region code is stored off the BIOS. During boot up, the BIOS is checked for a specific region code to regulate wireless transmissions at a physical location of operation. Responsive to receiving the non-specific region code from BIOS, the specific region code is requested from a region code server based on a network device identifier. Once received, the region code is stored in flash memory, until rebooted or otherwise reset, rather than BIOS.