Mechanism for facilitating dynamic and trusted cloud-based extension upgrades for computing systems
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorJasmeet CHHABRA
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Abstract
A mechanism is described for facilitating dynamic and trusted cloud-based extension upgrades for computing systems according to one embodiment of the invention. A method of embodiments of the invention includes detecting a computing device needing an upgrade. The upgrade may relate to a hardware component at the computing device needing an upgrade element for the upgrade. The method may further include calling a first cloud server to provide the upgrade over a network. The first cloud server may have first resources including the upgrade element. The method may further include facilitating the hardware component to access the upgrade element at the first cloud server without having to upgrade or replace the hardware component.
Claims28
At least one machine-readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions that in response to being executed on a computing device, causes the computing device to carry out a method according to one or more operations comprising.
- detect a computing device needing an upgrade, wherein the upgrade relates to a hardware component at the computing device needing an upgrade element for the upgrade;
- call a first cloud server to provide the upgrade over a network, wherein the first cloud server having first resources including the upgrade element;
- and
- facilitate the hardware component to access the upgrade element at the first cloud server without having to upgrade or replace the hardware component.
The method of claim 10, further comprising facilitating the hardware component to access the upgrade element at the second cloud server without having to upgrade or replace the hardware component.
A method comprising:
- detecting a computing device needing an upgrade, wherein the upgrade relates to a hardware component at the computing device needing an upgrade element for the upgrade;
- calling a first cloud server to provide the upgrade over a network, wherein the first cloud server having first resources including the upgrade element;
- and
- facilitating the hardware component to access the upgrade element at the first cloud server without having to upgrade or replace the hardware component.
An apparatus comprising:
- a cloud-based upgrade mechanism having
- first logic to detect a computing device needing an upgrade, wherein the upgrade relates to a hardware component at the computing device needing an upgrade element for the upgrade;
- second logic to call a first cloud server to provide the upgrade over a network, wherein the first cloud server having first resources including the upgrade element;
- and
- third logic to facilitate the hardware component to access the upgrade element at the first cloud server without having to upgrade or replace the hardware component.
A system comprising:
- a computing device having a memory to store instructions, and a processing device to execute the instructions, wherein the instructions cause the processing device to
- detect a computing device needing an upgrade, wherein the upgrade relates to a hardware component at the computing device needing an upgrade element for the upgrade;
- call a first cloud server to provide the upgrade over a network, wherein the first cloud server having first resources including the upgrade element;
- and
- facilitate the hardware component to access the upgrade element at the first cloud server without having to upgrade or replace the hardware component.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.