Systems and Methods for User Configuration of Device Names
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsThomas Cantwell, Vijay B. Nijhawan
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Abstract
A system includes a device, a BIOS, and a processor. The BIOS includes a storage operable to store predefined identifier/user defined name pairs. The processor is operable to, detect the device, determine a predefined identifier for the device, and access the storage to locate a predefined identifier/user defined name pair corresponding to the predefined identifier. The processor is further operable to provide a user defined name of the predefined identifier/user defined name pair when the predefined identifier/user defined name pair is present, and provide the predefined identifier of the predefined identifier/user defined name pair when the predefined identifier/user defined name pair is not present.
Claims18
A system comprising:
- a device;
- a BIOS comprising a storage operable to store predefined identifier/user defined name pairs;
- and
- a processor operable to:
- detect the device;
- determine a predefined identifier for the device;
- access the storage to locate a predefined identifier/user defined name pair corresponding to the predefined identifier;
- provide a user defined name of the predefined identifier/user defined name pair when the predefined identifier/user defined name pair is present;
- and
- provide the predefined identifier of the predefined identifier/user defined name pair when the predefined identifier/user defined name pair is not present.
A computer-implemented method comprising:
- detecting a device;
- determining a predefined identifier for the device;
- accessing a storage to locate a predefined identifier/user defined name pair corresponding to the predefined identifier;
- providing a user defined name of the predefined identifier/user defined name pair when the predefined identifier/user defined name pair is present;
- and
- providing the predefined identifier of the predefined identifier/user defined name pair when the predefined identifier/user defined name pair is not present.
A computer readable medium comprising a plurality of instructions to manipulate a processor, the plurality of instructions comprising:
- instructions to detect the device;
- instructions to determine a predefined identifier for the device;
- instructions to access the storage to locate a predefined identifier/user defined name pair corresponding to the predefined identifier;
- instructions to provide a user defined name of the predefined identifier/user defined name pair when the predefined identifier/user defined name pair is present;
- and
- instructions to provide the predefined identifier of the predefined identifier/user defined name pair when the predefined identifier/user defined name pair is not present.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.