US 12,007,841 B2
Disaster recover preparedness with trusted firmware boot method over a smart phone
Shekar Babu Suryanarayana, Bangalore (IN); and Ibrahim Sayyed, Georgetown, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/722,762.
Prior Publication US 2023/0333933 A1, Oct. 19, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 11/14 (2006.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 11/1417 (2013.01) [G06F 9/4408 (2013.01); G06F 11/1448 (2013.01); G06F 11/1469 (2013.01); G06F 21/575 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for managing operation of a data processing system, the method comprising:
detecting a boot failure of the data processing system;
in response to the boot failure and as part of a startup of the data processing system:
activating a recovery for the data processing system using a device connectable via a local wireless network, the device being operably connected to an authorization system;
connecting to the device via the local wireless network for the recovery;
making a first determination that the device is verified;
based on the first determination:
establishing a connection to the authorization system via the device;
obtaining a signed file from the authorization system;
making a second determination that a signature of the signed file is verified; and
updating the startup of the data processing system using the file based on the second determination.