Invention Application
- Patent Title: MODIFICATIONS TO FIRMWARE FUNCTIONALITY
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Application No.: US17288546Application Date: 2019-07-03
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Publication No.: US20220121748A1Publication Date: 2022-04-21
- Inventor: Baraneedharan Anbazhagan , Christopher H. Stewart , Richard Bramley
- Applicant: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Spring
- Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Spring
- International Application: PCT/US2019/040611 WO 20190703
- Main IPC: G06F21/57
- IPC: G06F21/57 ; G06F21/62 ; G06F21/60

Abstract:
According to examples, an apparatus may include a memory storing a firmware and a processor. The processor may receive a request to modify the firmware, in which the request may be associated with a first credential. The processor may also determine, based on the first credential, whether modification of the firmware is authorized and based on a determination that modification of the firmware is authorized, display a set of defined functionalities for the firmware that are authorized to be modified. The processor may further receive a modification to a functionality in the set of defined functionalities that are authorized to be modified and may apply the received modification to the functionality.
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