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US 2006/0143473 A1Published application
Software key implementation using system management firmware
OwnerMohan Kumarinventor
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Abstract
In some embodiments system management firmware of a computing platform is to receive a software key, determine if the software key is valid, and enable a system management feature of the computing platform if the software key is valid. Other embodiments are described and claimed.
Claims40
A method comprising:
- receiving a software key at a system management interface of a platform;
- determining if the software key is valid;
- and
- enabling a system management feature of the platform if the software key is valid.
1 more element
An article comprising:
- a computer readable medium having instructions thereon which when executed cause a computer to:
- receive a software key at a system management interface of a platform;
- determine if the software key is valid;
- and
- enable a system management feature of the platform if the software key is valid.
2 more elements
An apparatus comprising:
- a computing platform including system management firmware;
- wherein the system management firmware is to receive a software key, to determine if the software key is valid, and to enable a system management feature of the computing platform if the software key is valid.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.