Pre-Grant Publication Number: 20070118658
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Prior Art Detail
Summary / Description
| Summary / 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. |
Basic Information
| Type of Prior Art | Issued Patents - US |
| Country | United States of America |
| Patent/Application # | 6353885 |
| Kind Code | United States (US) - United STATES Patent - A |
| Patentee Name | Dirie Herzi, Jim Dailey / Dell USA, L.P. |
| Relevant Pages, Columns, or Lines | Background, Claim 1, Claim 3 |
| URL | http://www.google.com/patents?v... |
| Filing Date | January 26, 1999 |
| Additional Information | |
Notes / To Do
| Notes | |
Excerpt
Excerpt BIOS level settings can typically be modified by accessing a BIOS set-up screen on the computer system. At the BIOS set-up screen, the settings can be changed by a user.
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According to one embodiment, the BIOS firmware 16 further includes a user accessible BIOS configuration setup feature, the setup feature including user selectable BIOS level settings. In addition, the at least one BIOS configurable device 22 is configurable by processor 12 in response to BIOS level settings selected by a user in accordance with the BIOS configuration setup feature.
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(claim) 1. A computer system comprising:
at least one processor;
at least one memory, said at least one memory including operating system code;
basic input output system (BIOS) firmware in the computer system, said BIOS firmware including a smart card BIOS level setting support feature;
a prescribed smart card useable with the computer system for activating the BIOS level setting support feature; and
at least one BIOS configurable device, said BIOS configurable device subject to being configured by said at least one processor in response to the prescribed smart card actuation of the smart card BIOS level setting support feature.
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(claim) 3. The computer system of claim 2, wherein
said BIOS firmware further includes a user accessible BIOS configuration setup feature, the setup feature including user selectable BIOS level settings, and
said at least one BIOS configurable device is configurable by said at least one processor in response to BIOS level settings selected by a user in accordance with the BIOS configuration setup feature.
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Relevance
Claims
1
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:
initiate power on self test (POST) processing in the basic input/output system of a computing device;
present one or more management alert formats in a user interface;
receive a selection signal from the user interface identifying one of the management alert formats presented in the user interface; and
configure a device coupled to the computing system with the identified management alert format.
Relevance
The existing patent describes and claims a means for configuring a device via user selectable BIOS configuration settings. The specific setting of a particular configuration item, in this case "management alert format", is a specialization of that.
The existing patent describes and claims a means for configuring a device via user selectable BIOS configuration settings. The specific setting of a particular configuration item, in this case "management alert format", is a specialization of that.
Claim Chart
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A method, comprising:
initiating power on self test (POST) processing in the basic input/output system (BIOS) of a computing device;
presenting one or more management alert formats in a user interface;
receiving a selection signal from the user interface identifying one of the management alert formats presented in the user interface; and
configuring a device coupled to the computing system with the identified management alert format.
Relevance
The existing patent describes and claims a means for configuring a device via user selectable BIOS configuration settings. The specific setting of a particular configuration item, in this case "management alert format", is a specialization of that.
The existing patent describes and claims a means for configuring a device via user selectable BIOS configuration settings. The specific setting of a particular configuration item, in this case "management alert format", is a specialization of that.
Claim Chart
All
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A computer program product comprising logic instructions stored on a computer-readable medium which, when executed by a computer processor, configure the processor to:
initiate power on self test (POST) processing in the basic input/output system (BIOS) of a computing device;
present one or more management alert formats in a user interface;
receive a selection signal from the user interface identifying one of the management alert formats presented in the user interface; and
configure a device coupled to the computing system with the identified management alert format.
Relevance
The existing patent describes and claims a means for configuring a device via user selectable BIOS configuration settings. The specific setting of a particular configuration item, in this case "management alert format", is a specialization of that.
The existing patent describes and claims a means for configuring a device via user selectable BIOS configuration settings. The specific setting of a particular configuration item, in this case "management alert format", is a specialization of that.
Claim Chart
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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.
Relevance
The existing patent describes and claims a means for configuring a device via user selectable BIOS configuration settings. The specific setting of a particular configuration item, in this case "management alert format", is a specialization of that.
The existing patent describes and claims a means for configuring a device via user selectable BIOS configuration settings. The specific setting of a particular configuration item, in this case "management alert format", is a specialization of that.
Claim Chart
All
