US 12,333,015 B2
System context-aware third party firmware safe assurance configuration
Laxmi Lavanya Medicherla, Georgetown, TX (US); Ibrahim Sayyed, Georgetown, TX (US); and Jagadish Babu Jonnada, Leander, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/360,653.
Prior Publication US 2025/0036769 A1, Jan. 30, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 21/575 (2013.01) [G06F 9/4403 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information handling system comprising:
at least one processor; and
a computer-readable medium having instructions thereon that are executable by the at least one processor for:
prior to initialization of an operating system, executing a first-party pre-boot firmware application, wherein the first-party pre-boot firmware application is configured to provide system-level context information;
executing a third-party pre-boot firmware application, wherein the third-party pre-boot firmware application is configured to receive the system-level context information from the first-party pre-boot firmware application; and
displaying a user interface for the third-party pre-boot firmware application, wherein at least one element of the user interface is based on the system-level context information.