Patents by Inventor Smith Cheng

Smith Cheng 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).

  • System and method for dynamic configuration setting update of a bios firmware image
    Patent number: 11567747
    Abstract: An information handling system include a serial peripheral interface (SPI) flash memory device with a BIOS firmware of a platform, and a processor that may build a hand-off block for platform specific override data for the platform, and patch the BIOS base firmware image with the platform specific override data to modify the BIOS base firmware image according to the platform. The processor may also update the BIOS firmware in the SPI flash memory device with the BIOS base firmware image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Dell Products L.P.
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Chiu, Nelson Fu, Smith Cheng
  • SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DYNAMIC CONFIGURATION SETTING UPDATE OF A BIOS FIRMWARE IMAGE
    Publication number: 20220197624
    Abstract: An information handling system include a serial peripheral interface (SPI) flash memory device with a BIOS firmware of a platform, and a processor that may build a hand-off block for platform specific override data for the platform, and patch the BIOS base firmware image with the platform specific override data to modify the BIOS base firmware image according to the platform. The processor may also update the BIOS firmware in the SPI flash memory device with the BIOS base firmware image.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 21, 2020
    Publication date: June 23, 2022
    Inventors: Chih-Wei Chiu, Nelson Fu, Smith Cheng