US 12,242,404 B2
Providing platform management profiles to platform management drivers on electronic devices
Alexander Sabino Duenas, Toronto (CA); Ashwini Chandrashekhara Holla, Toronto (CA); I-Cheng Chen, Toronto (CA); and Xinzhe Li, Toronto (CA)
Assigned to ATI Technologies ULC, Markham (CA)
Filed by ATI Technologies ULC, Markham (CA)
Filed on Dec. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/559,984.
Prior Publication US 2023/0195666 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 13/36 (2006.01); G06F 21/62 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 13/36 (2013.01) [G06F 21/6218 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
acquiring a platform management profile, the platform management profile including information defining one or more platform management policies; and
providing the platform management profile to a platform management driver executing on an electronic device, wherein the platform management driver is:
software situated between an operating system and hardware of the electronic device in a software hierarchy of the electronic device; and
configured to extract the one or more platform management policies from the platform management profile and use the one or more platform management policies for controlling operating states of elements of the electronic device.