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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 06, 2012
Filed:
Jan. 09, 2008
Kurt D. Gillespie, Houston, TX (US);
Jayne E. Scott, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Kurt D. Gillespie, Houston, TX (US);
Jayne E. Scott, Sugar Land, TX (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A computer system comprises a Basic Input/Output System ('BIOS') graphical engine and a BIOS graphics look and feel module. The BIOS graphics look and feel module is separate from the BIOS graphical engine, and comprises a look and feel definition that defines the appearance and behavior of BIOS graphical user interface displays presented to a user before an operating system acquires control of the system. The BIOS graphical engine transforms information to be displayed for a user in accordance with the look and feel definition to provide a uniform appearance and behavior to graphical displays provided to the user.