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

Claim 0:
1. A method, comprising:
using a pre-boot interface logic to boot an information handling system with a current pre-boot interface configuration to an operating system (OS) runtime session of an OS executing on at least one programmable integrated circuit of the information handling system;
using the at least one programmable integrated circuit to monitor one or more usage characteristics of the information handling system during the OS runtime;
using the at least one programmable integrated circuit 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 using the at least one programmable integrated circuit to 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.