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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 11, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 25, 2009
Ravindra V. Velhal, Beaverton, OR (US);
Jeetendra G. Deshmukh, Portland, OR (US);
Nikhil M. Deshpande, Beaverton, OR (US);
Ravindra V. Velhal, Beaverton, OR (US);
Jeetendra G. Deshmukh, Portland, OR (US);
Nikhil M. Deshpande, Beaverton, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
An embodiment of the present invention provides an apparatus, comprising a wireless device capable of integrating a cellular phone stack in an extended firmware interface (EFI) layer, wherein the cellular phone stack within the EFI layer may include TDMA or CDMA0-based technology. An embodiment of the present invention may further provide at least one agent running under an OS/EFI continuously monitoring said wireless device status, OS availability and remaining power and wherein anytime events occur where said OS is unavailable, missing, infected, corrupted or when the remaining power is less than threshold, the wireless device may switch itself to the low power secure EFI mode where it may continue to use basic cell phone services and applications seamlessly.