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US 12,192,240 B2Granted
Co-managing firmware configuration and updates
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsSrikanth Kondapi, Carlton Andrews, Nathan Martell
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Abstract
An information handling system is configured to remotely monitor a managed resource that includes lifecycle management and/or control of basic input/output system settings and administrator password. The information handling system is also configured to provide software and/or firmware updates on the managed resource using a binary large object with an entitlement to the managed resource.
Claims20
An information handling system, comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- a memory storing instructions which, when executed by the processor causes the processor to:
- receive a data object that includes a binary large object and a metadata file, wherein the binary large object includes a set of program instructions wherein the metadata file includes a current basic input/output system (BIOS) administrator password;
- verify authenticity of the data object;
- and
- when the verification of the authenticity of the data object is successful, then processing the data object that includes invoking a plugin based on the set of program instructions in the binary large object, wherein the set of program instructions is executable by at least the processor, and wherein the plugin invokes the processor to execute the set of program instructions with the current BIOS administrator password as an argument.
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A method comprising:
- receiving a data object that includes a binary large object and a metadata file, wherein the binary large object includes a set of program instructions wherein the metadata file includes a current basic input/output system (BIOS) administrator password;
- verifying authenticity of the data object;
- and
- when the verifying the authenticity of the data object is successful, then processing the data object that includes invoking a plugin based on the set of program instructions in the binary large object, wherein the set of program instructions is executable by at least a processing device, and wherein the plugin invokes the processing device to execute the set of program instructions with the current BIOS administrator password as an argument.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium to store instructions that are executable to perform operations comprising:
- receiving a data object that includes a binary large object and a metadata file, wherein the binary large object includes a set of program instructions wherein the metadata file includes a current basic input/output system (BIOS) administrator password;
- verifying authenticity of the data object;
- and
- when the verifying the authenticity of the data object is successful, then processing the data object that includes invoking a plugin based on the set of program instructions in the binary large object, wherein the set of program instructions is executable by at least a processing device, and wherein the plugin invokes the processing device to execute the set of program instructions with the current BIOS administrator password as an argument.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.