Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070118658
Filing Date: November 23, 2020
Inventors: Paul Broyles, Patrick Gibbons
Assignee: Hewlett Packard
Current U.S. Classification: 709, 709/227000
View Prior Art for Claim 00017
A computer system, comprising:
a processor;
a basic input/output system (BIOS) including logic instructions which, when executed by the processor, configure the processor to:
present, in a user interface, one or more devices coupled to a computer system and one or more management alert formats applicable to one or more devices;
receive a selection signal from the user interface identifying one of the management alert formats presented in the user interface; and
configure one or more devices coupled to the computing system with the identified management alert format.
Patent/Application # 7,185,189
Description
Patent number 7,185,189
Patent/Application # 6353885
Description
This patent specifically refers to configuring a device via user selectable BIOS configuration settings. (This patent also teaches an improvement over user interaction to obtain a setting, the improvement being use of a smart card encoded with same.) A specific setting for "management alert format" is not mentioned however.
Title Intel® Active Management Technology (Intel® AMT) Quick Reference
Description
Describes configuring AMT through BIOS extension menu, after selecting AMT from a choice of AMT or ASF on a BIOS System Setup screen. Dated Oct. 2005 according to http://support.intel.com/support/motherboards/desktop/sb/CS-020828.htm.
