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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
May. 03, 2007
Applicants:
Shree A. Dandekar, Round Rock, TX (US);
Alan E. Beelitz, Leander, TX (US);
John Hawk, Austin, TX (US);
Alok Pant, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Inventors:
Shree A. Dandekar, Round Rock, TX (US);
Alan E. Beelitz, Leander, TX (US);
John Hawk, Austin, TX (US);
Alok Pant, Cedar Park, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/24 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A mechanism via which system state changes can be detected and corrected automatically prior to a customer initiated boot. The mechanism is extensible to address newly added or discovered system state changes that result in a locked condition. The mechanism detects and corrects adverse events before booting into the operating system.