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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 18, 2015
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:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/24 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 9/44 (2006.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/34 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4406 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 9/4416 (2013.01); G06F 9/44505 (2013.01); G06F 21/34 (2013.01); G06F 21/572 (2013.01); G06F 21/575 (2013.01); H04L 41/082 (2013.01);
Abstract
Approaches for updating a BIOS over a network without human intervention. A BIOS, executing on a machine, is configured to execute a program prior to booting an operating system executing on the machine. The program communicates with a server over a network to determine if an update to the BIOS is available. The update may be a new version of the BIOS and/or multi-media content, such as an advertisement. If an update is available, the update is downloaded to the machine and automatically installed without human intervention.