Patent ID: 11916965
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An Information Handling System (IHS), comprising:
a plurality of hardware devices, each operated at least in part according to one or more platform policies, and each accessed using one or more registered participants of a platform framework;
a processor; and
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory having program instructions stored thereon that, upon execution, cause the platform framework of the IHS to:
receive, from an application of the IHS, a registration as a user of a first platform policy that is used to operate one or more of the hardware devices of the IHS;
provide the application with a first communication handle for use in retrieving the first platform policy;
receive a notification of an updated first platform policy that modifies the operation of the one or more hardware devices of the IHS;
identify the application as a registered user of the first platform policy; and
provide the application with a second communication handle for use in retrieving the updated first platform policy specifying the modified operation of the one or more hardware devices.