18468353. FIRMWARE ACCESS AGENT FOR COMPUTING DEVICE (MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC)
FIRMWARE ACCESS AGENT FOR COMPUTING DEVICE
Organization Name
MICROSOFT TECHNOLOGY LICENSING, LLC
Inventor(s)
Karunakara Kotary of Redmond WA US
Venkatesh Ramamurthy of Redmond WA US
Nagasubramanian Gurumoorthy of Leander TX US
Andrew Richard Putnam of Seattle WA US
FIRMWARE ACCESS AGENT FOR COMPUTING DEVICE
This abstract first appeared for US patent application 18468353 titled 'FIRMWARE ACCESS AGENT FOR COMPUTING DEVICE
Original Abstract Submitted
A method for firmware access on a computing device includes, at a firmware access agent of the computing device, receiving a read request for firmware instructions from a hardware logic component of the computing device. The read request is generated as part of a boot sequence of the hardware logic component, and is received via a data interface communicatively coupling the hardware logic device and the firmware access agent. The firmware access agent retrieves the firmware instructions over a computer network from a remote firmware storage system separate from the computing device. The firmware instructions are provided to the hardware logic component via the data interface, such that the hardware logic component executes the firmware instructions and continues the boot sequence.