US 12,032,462 B2
Preserving hardware status points in operating system environment for use in preboot diagnostics
Jacob Mink, Austin, TX (US); Balasingh P. Samuel, Round Rock, TX (US); and Travis C. North, Cedar Park, TX (US)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/970,301.
Prior Publication US 2024/0134765 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 9/4401 (2018.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 11/3058 (2013.01) [G06F 9/4401 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method, comprising:
monitoring, within an operating system (OS) environment of an information handling system, telemetry data indicative of values for one or more hardware status parameters;
generating any of one or more anomaly alerts responsive to identifying any of one or more anomalous conditions;
responsive to detecting an anomaly alert, determining an OS-context configuration based on the hardware status parameters monitored during a timebox associated with the anomaly alert; and
responsive to detecting a reset of the information handling system, performing preboot operations including:
configuring the information handling system in accordance with the OS-context configuration; and
performing one or more hardware diagnostic routines while the information handling system is configured in accordance with the OS-context configuration.