Patents by Inventor Chris C. GRIFFIN

Chris C. GRIFFIN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11436334
    Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor and a basic input/output system communicatively coupled to the processor and embodied by executable instructions embodied in non-transitory computer readable media, the instructions configured to, when executed by the processor: extract from a boot manifest a list of files associated with operating system applications of the information handling system and respective signatures for each of the files; locate the files listed in the boot manifest on a partition of a storage resource accessible to the processor; attempt to verify signatures for each of the files as stored on the storage resource against their respective signatures set forth in the boot manifest; enable execution of a boot loader for the operating system and the operating system applications in response to successful verification of the signatures; and abort a boot process of the information handling system in response to unsuccessful verification of the signatures.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 6, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Ibrahim Sayyed, Purushothama R. Malluru, Chris C. Griffin, Chris E. Pepper
  • Patent number: 11301567
    Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor, an external port communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to receive an external information handling resource and couple the external information handling resource to the processor, and a basic input/output system comprising a program of instructions executable by the processor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Puri R. Malluru, Daniel L. Smythia, Ibrahim Sayyed, Chris C. Griffin, Anand P. Joshi
  • Publication number: 20220100861
    Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor and a basic input/output system communicatively coupled to the processor and embodied by executable instructions embodied in non-transitory computer readable media, the instructions configured to, when executed by the processor: extract from a boot manifest a list of files associated with operating system applications of the information handling system and respective signatures for each of the files; locate the files listed in the boot manifest on a partition of a storage resource accessible to the processor; attempt to verify signatures for each of the files as stored on the storage resource against their respective signatures set forth in the boot manifest; enable execution of a boot loader for the operating system and the operating system applications in response to successful verification of the signatures; and abort a boot process of the information handling system in response to unsuccessful verification of the signatures.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2020
    Publication date: March 31, 2022
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Ibrahim SAYYED, Purushothama R. MALLURU, Chris C. GRIFFIN, Chris E. PEPPER
  • Publication number: 20210373905
    Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor, a basic input/output system (BIOS) communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to maintain a first variable indicative of whether auto-provisioning is enabled for the information handling system, maintain a second variable indicative of whether auto-provisioning has been completed for the information handling system, and upon boot of the information handling system, perform auto-provisioning of a host operating system image to the information handling system if the first variable indicates that auto-provisioning is enabled for the information handling system and the second variable indicates that auto-provisioning of the information handling system is incomplete.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Publication date: December 2, 2021
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Ibrahim SAYYED, Chris E. PEPPER, Chris C. GRIFFIN, Puri R. MALLURU
  • Publication number: 20210240832
    Abstract: An information handling system may include a processor, an external port communicatively coupled to the processor and configured to receive an external information handling resource and couple the external information handling resource to the processor, and a basic input/output system comprising a program of instructions executable by the processor.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 3, 2020
    Publication date: August 5, 2021
    Applicant: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Puri R. MALLURU, Daniel L. SMYTHIA, Ibrahim SAYYED, Chris C. GRIFFIN, Anand P. JOSHI