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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 11, 1999
Patrick D. Lupo, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Sajid G. Hussain, Fremont, CA (US);
Gregory D. Collins, Pacifica, CA (US);
Oracle Corporation, Redwood Shores, CA (US);
Abstract
BIOS (Basic Input/Output System) identification information is automatically extracted from raw BIOS data for a computer system from any of a plurality of vendors. The raw BIOS data is processed using a searching and parsing routine to reformat the raw BIOS data to a BIOS variable such that BIOS identification information is more easily accessible from the BIOS variable. The raw BIOS data is processed within a computer system from any of the plurality of vendors irrespective of the initial format of the raw BIOS data to generate the BIOS variable. In addition, the BIOS variable is searched for predetermined text strings corresponding to the plurality of possible vendors such that the brand name, the model name, the BIOS date, and/or the BIOS version may be determined for a computer system from any of the plurality of vendors. Alternatively, the BIOS variable may be processed using a check sum technique with a look-up table for determining the brand name and/or the model name of the computer system from any of the plurality of vendors.
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