US Patent Application No: 2005/0229,173

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Automatic firmware update proxy

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Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention is a system and method relating to automatic firmware image update by proxy for BIOS or other embedded firmware image. When a server equipped with a baseboard management controller (BMC) and detects that its BIOS code image is corrupted or out of date, it may broadcast a request for an image update over an out-of-band network. One or more donor systems on the network may respond to the request and send the requestor a new image. The recipient system uses management policies to determine from which donor system to accept an update. In another embodiment, the BMC retrieves a new BIOS image from a predetermined location and updates the BIOS image accordingly.

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Patent OwnerAddressTotal Patents
INTEL CORPORATIONSANTA CLARA, CA24136

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Inventor(s)

Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hannon, William R Beaverton, OR 4 27
Mihm, James T Gresham, OR 5 31

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FUJITSU LIMITED (2)
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HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P. (2)
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HITACHI, LTD. (1)
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HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY CO., LTD. (1)
7,418,589 System and method for updating a basic input/output system 0 2005
 
INTEL CORPORATION (1)
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MEDIATEK INC. (1)
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