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US 2006/0149955 A1Published application
Customization of electronic devices via pre-boot space
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsRavindra Velhal, Nikhil Deshpande
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Abstract
Methods and apparatuses for maintaining customization information for an electronic device in an operating system independent component that may be accessed prior to completion of a boot up process to be used to provide customized functionality of the electronic device.
Claims18
A method comprising:
- prior to completion of a boot operation for an electronic device, retrieving customization information from a pre-boot accessible memory;
- and
- using the customization information to modify functionality of the electronic device when under operating system control.
An apparatus comprising:
- a memory to store an operating system kernel and an application;
- a firmware device to store an initialization sequence for an electronic device;
- a processor coupled with the memory and with the firmware device to perform the initialization sequence and to execute the operating system kernel and the application after performing the initialization sequence;
- and
- an embedded firmware agent coupled with the processor to maintain customization information, wherein the embedded firmware agent allows the customization information to be accessible prior to completion of the initialization sequence.
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A system comprising:
- a substantially onmi-directional antenna;
- a memory to store an operating system kernel and an application;
- a firmware device to store an initialization sequence for an electronic device;
- a processor coupled with the memory, the firmware device and the antenna to perform the initialization sequence and to execute the operating system kernel and the application after performing the initialization sequence;
- and
- an embedded firmware agent coupled with the processor to maintain customization information, wherein the embedded firmware agent allows the customization information to be accessible prior to completion of the initialization sequence.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.