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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 11, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 23, 2014
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Hormuzd M. Khosravi, Portland, OR (US);
Adrian R. Pearson, Beaverton, OR (US);
Ned M. Smith, Beaverton, OR (US);
Abhilasha Bhargav-Spantzel, El Dorado Hills, CA (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to initialize a platform. An example disclosed apparatus includes a boot loader manager to prevent operating system loading in response to detecting a power-on condition, a context manager to retrieve first context information associated with the platform, and a policy manager to identify a first operating system based on the first context information, the policy manager to authorize the boot loader manager to load the first operating system.