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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.

Date of Patent:
Oct. 28, 2014

Filed:

Jan. 11, 2012
Applicants:

Eric Kuzmack, Georgetown, TX (US);

Raajeev Kalyanaraman, Round Rock, TX (US);

Xianghong Qian, Austin, TX (US);

Inventors:

Eric Kuzmack, Georgetown, TX (US);

Raajeev Kalyanaraman, Round Rock, TX (US);

Xianghong Qian, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/44 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A software update manager running on an information handling system over a type 1 hypervisor operating system retrieves a virtual firmware update through a primary network interface. The virtual firmware update executes over the hypervisor to initiate a download of a firmware update to a management processor of the information handling system through a management network interface. The firmware update executes to update the firmware of the information handling system with an update process managed by an end user through the primary network interface and the software update manager.


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