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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 12, 2016
Filed:
Aug. 11, 2015
Applicant:
Phoenix Technologies Ltd., Campbell, 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); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 9/445 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 21/34 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/4416 (2013.01); H04L 63/0853 (2013.01); H04L 63/0861 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (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 managing pre-boot drivers, programs, and data. A BIOS, operating in a pre-boot environment, establishes a connection to a remote server. The BIOS determines whether the server has any updates to be performed to the BIOS using the connection. The BIOS may also perform a discovery process to discover devices operationally connecting to the BIOS and load drivers associated therewith. Update to the BIOS may include multi-media content that is displayed or played during a booting process.