Patent ID: 11861011
Assignee: ZPE SYSTEMS, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A secure boot process system, comprising:
one or more non-transitory machine-readable media for storing computer-readable program code; and
at least one processor in communication with the one or more non-transitory machine-readable media, the at least one processor being operative with the computer-readable program code to perform steps including
(i) configuring, via a secure boot management module implemented in an operating system, at least one user authentication mechanism that protects one or more boot software components during a boot sequence of the secure boot process system, including configuring a password of the at least one user authentication mechanism,
(ii) determining whether an event has occurred during the boot sequence of the secure boot process system, wherein the event comprises an action initiated by a remote computer system,
(iii) in response to determining the event has not occurred, successively loading the one or more boot software components in the one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of the secure boot process system according to the boot sequence in an uninterrupted boot process,
(iv) in response to determining the event has occurred, executing the user authentication mechanism including requesting an input from a user that verifies identity of the user prior to allowing access to the one or more boot software components in the secure boot process system, and
(v) in response to determining end of the boot sequence is reached, loading the operating system in the one or more non-transitory machine-readable media of the secure boot process system.