Systems and methods for associating attested information handling systems to end user accounts

    公开(公告)号:US11645394B2

    公开(公告)日:2023-05-09

    申请号:US17354654

    申请日:2021-06-22

    Abstract: Systems and methods are provided that may be implemented to provide a hardware-rooted, protected, and operating system (OS)-agnostic environment in which designated logic (e.g., one or more software and/or firmware tools such as an OS agent) may be run to verify the ownership and/or registration of a given information handling system before the OS is booted and running, and therefore before system data (e.g., user data) is exposed. In one exemplary embodiment, the designated logic may include a unified extensible firmware interface (UEFI) driver that is protected (e.g., signed), and that runs during the system boot sequence before the OS is booted. The disclosed systems and methods may be advantageously implemented in one embodiment to allow a system user who purchases and acquires a given information handling system from a source and/or channel other than the original system manufacturer to register and/or associate the given information handling system with their manufacturer-assigned user account.

    Bridge Computing Device Control in Local Networks of Interconnected Devices

    公开(公告)号:US20190205541A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-04

    申请号:US15858093

    申请日:2017-12-29

    Abstract: Systems, methods, and apparatus for using a message broker that implements a publish-subscribe messaging protocol to exchange messages between a remote server and a bridge computing device of a local network of interconnected devices are disclosed. In one example, a bridge computing devices transmits to a remote server, a provisioning request in response to achieving a power-on state. The server generates and transmits, to the bridge computing device, a provisioning response that includes information indicating a channel to which the remote server will publish messages and a channel to which the bridge computing device should publish messages. The bridge computing device subscribes to the channel the server will publish to, and the server subscribes to the channel the bridge computing device will publish to. Third-party computing devices may also subscribe and publish to the channels in order to receive and provide messages to the bridge computing device.

    REDUCING INITIAL NETWORK LAUNCH TIME OF CONTAINER APPLICATIONS

    公开(公告)号:US20190028335A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-24

    申请号:US15655305

    申请日:2017-07-20

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    Abstract: A computer system is configured to support execution of a virtualized application, the files of which are stored in and retrieved from network storage. The method of launching the virtualized application includes (i) responsive to a first user event occurring prior to any user event for launching the virtualized application after user logon, executing a driver to fetch a subset of the files of the virtualized application from the network storage into system memory of the computer system, and (ii) responsive to a second user event corresponding to a launch of the virtualized application, instantiating an execution space for the virtualized application and loading the fetched files into the system memory for execution.

    SAVING DATA FOR VIRTUAL MACHINE (VM) SESSIONS UPON UPDATE OF HOST OPERATING SYSTEM

    公开(公告)号:US20190012192A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-10

    申请号:US15644412

    申请日:2017-07-07

    Applicant: VMware, Inc.

    Abstract: A method of rebooting a computing system in which a virtual machine (VM) runs on top of a hypervisor and a host operating system (OS) includes the following steps. Those steps are sending, from the host OS to the hypervisor, a pre-reboot notification that the host OS is going to reboot, in response to reception of the pre-reboot notification, saving by the hypervisor state of a session that is executing in the VM, rebooting the host OS, after the host OS is rebooted, logging on to the host OS using a credential provider that was previously registered with the host OS and sending a post-reboot notification from the host OS to the hypervisor, and in response to reception of the post-reboot notification, instantiating by the hypervisor a VM in which the session is resumed using the saved state of the session.

    FAST COMPUTER STARTUP
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20190012182A1

    公开(公告)日:2019-01-10

    申请号:US16111187

    申请日:2018-08-23

    CPC classification number: G06F9/4406 G06F9/4403 G06F9/4418 G06F9/442

    Abstract: Fast computer startup is provided by, upon receipt of a shutdown command, recording state information representing a target state. In this target state, the computing device may have closed all user sessions, such that no user state information is included in the target state. However, the operating system may still be executing. In response to a command to startup the computer, this target state may be quickly reestablished from the recorded target state information. Portions of a startup sequence may be performed to complete the startup process, including establishing user state. To protect user expectations despite changes in response to a shutdown command, creation and use of the file holding the recorded state information may be conditional on dynamically determined events. Also, user and programmatic interfaces may provide options to override creation or use of the recorded state information.

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