Pre-boot management of drivers and programs

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9389878
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14823958

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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.

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  • PHOENIX TECHNOLOGIES LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Chan, Steven Fremont, US 17 350
Kikinis, Dan Los Altos, US 371 19804

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