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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.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 19, 2016
Filed:
May. 08, 2014
Applicant:
Kevin B. Locke, Austin, TX (US);
Inventor:
Kevin B. Locke, Austin, TX (US);
Assignee:
Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/56 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/575 (2013.01); G06F 21/562 (2013.01); G06F 2221/033 (2013.01);
Abstract
Methods and systems for implementing pre-boot software verification may involve using an embedded controller (EC) and a basic input/output system (BIOS) to confirm each other's firmware using hash values. The hash values may be generated from certain portions of the firmware, which may overlap and may be specific to a particular firmware version.