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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014
Filed:
Feb. 11, 2013
Applicant:
Phoenix Technologies Ltd., Milpitas, CA (US);
Inventors:
Steven Chan, Fremont, CA (US);
Dan Kikinis, Los Altos, CA (US);
Assignee:
Phoenix Technologies Ltd., Campbell, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/575 (2013.01);
Abstract
Approaches for assessing information used in reverting to a prior BIOS version. A BIOS analyzes a file to determine whether the file may be used to revert the BIOS to a prior version of the BIOS. The file may contain a map of CMOS information.