Invention Grant
- Patent Title: System and method for managing update installation lockdown policies for firmware devices and driver-managed devices
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Application No.: US17386449Application Date: 2021-07-27
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Publication No.: US11809851B2Publication Date: 2023-11-07
- Inventor: Anusha Bhaskar , Santosh Gore , Muniswamy Setty , Parmeshwr Prasad , Chandrashekar Nelogal
- Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Round Rock
- Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
- Current Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Round Rock
- Agency: Chamberlain, Hrdlicka, White, Williams & Aughtry
- Priority: IN 2111025909 2021.06.10
- Main IPC: G06F8/65
- IPC: G06F8/65

Abstract:
A method for managing a resource system includes obtaining, by a hardware resource manager, a firmware update lockdown request for a lockdown for a firmware device of the resource system, in response to the firmware update lockdown request: identifying a firmware protocol corresponding to the firmware device, generating a firmware lockdown command corresponding to the firmware device based on the firmware protocol, and initiating updating of a lockdown policy based on the firmware lockdown command.
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