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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 16, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 15, 2023
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Karunakara Kotary, Redmond, WA (US);
Venkatesh Ramamurthy, Redmond, WA (US);
Ankur Garg, Vancouver, WA (US);
Nagasubramanian Gurumoorthy, Leander, TX (US);
Andrew Richard Putnam, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method for firmware access on a computing device includes, at a firmware access agent of the computing device, receiving a read request for firmware instructions from a hardware logic component of the computing device. The read request is generated as part of a boot sequence of the hardware logic component, and is received via a data interface communicatively coupling the hardware logic device and the firmware access agent. The firmware access agent retrieves the firmware instructions over a computer network from a remote firmware storage system separate from the computing device. The firmware instructions are provided to the hardware logic component via the data interface, such that the hardware logic component executes the firmware instructions and continues the boot sequence.