Patent ID: 11907372
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 11:
12. An information handling system, comprising:
at least one programmable integrated circuit executing a runtime session of an operating system (OS), the at least one programmable integrated circuit being programmed to monitor one or more usage characteristics of the information handling system during the OS runtime session; and
pre-boot interface logic executing on the at least one programmable integrated circuit to boot to the OS runtime session;
where the at least one programmable integrated circuit is programmed to evaluate the monitored usage characteristics of each given one of multiple system devices of the information handling system against predefined pre-boot interface configuration risk context data defined for each given one of the multiple system devices of the information handling system to determine a unique pre-boot interface configuration based on an enable or disable configuration action of the predefined pre-boot interface configuration risk context data that is specified for each given one of the multiple system devices of the information handling system as a function of both the monitored usage characteristics of the given one of the multiple system devices and a predefined risk level of the given one of the multiple system devices, and then automatically perform only one of the following prior to the next boot of the information handling system:
provide a message to a user of the information handling system information informing the user of the determined unique pre-boot interface configuration only if the determined unique pre-boot interface configuration differs from the current pre-boot interface configuration, or
provide no message to the user of the information handling system regarding the determined unique pre-boot interface configuration only if the determined unique pre-boot interface configuration is the same as the current pre-boot interface configuration.