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US 2014/0181500 A1Published application
BIOS Network Access
OwnerJames M. Mann, Valiuddin Y. Aliinventors
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Abstract
Embodiments provide devices and operations which enable a computing device to access a network. The computing device may execute a basic input/output system (BIOS). In response to the BIOS, the computing device may establish a wireless link with a client device and receive, from the client device, network access information.
Claims15
An article of manufacture comprising a computer readable medium having basic input/output system (BIOS) stored thereon, wherein instructions of the BIOS, if executed, cause a computing device to:
- establish a wireless link with a client device;
- receive network access information from the client device via the wireless link:
- and
- access a network based on the network access information.
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An apparatus, comprising:
- a memory, wherein the memory includes a basic input/output system (BIOS);
- a client interface coupled to the memory, wherein the client interface is to wirelessly communicate with a client device to receive network access information associated with a network access point;
- and
- a controller coupled to the client interface, wherein the controller is to execute instructions of the BIOS to control receipt of the network access information and establish a wireless link with a network access point based on the network access information.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving, by a client device, a request r a wireless link from a computing device, wherein the computing device is in a pre-operating system (OS) state;
- establishing, by the client device, the wireless link with the computing device in the pre-OS state in response to receipt of the request;
- and
- transmitting, by the client device, network access information via the wireless link.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.