Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Systems and methods for facilitating activation of operating systems
- Patent Title (中): 促进操作系统激活的系统和方法
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Application No.: US13194323Application Date: 2011-07-29
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Publication No.: US08949813B2Publication Date: 2015-02-03
- Inventor: Andrew W. Wilks , Keung S. Kim , MyPhuong N. Sang
- Applicant: Andrew W. Wilks , Keung S. Kim , MyPhuong N. Sang
- Applicant Address: US TX Round Rock
- Assignee: Dell Products LP
- Current Assignee: Dell Products LP
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Round Rock
- Agency: Egan, Peterman, Enders LLP.
- Main IPC: G06F9/44
- IPC: G06F9/44
Abstract:
Systems and methods are disclosed that may be implemented to install and use a replacement BIOS code stored in non-volatile memory of the system BIOS to facilitate activation of a new or replacement OS on an information handling system. The replacement BIOS code may include an activation certificate of authority information to activate a different version operating system for use on an information handling system that has been previously configured with a different operating system version along with a previous BIOS code that did not include the updated OEM activation string.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130031541A1 SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR FACILITATING ACTIVATION OF OPERATING SYSTEMS Public/Granted day:2013-01-31
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