Patent ID: 9436828
Filing Date: 2016-09-06
CPC Classification: G06F

Claim Text:
1. An information handling system comprising: a processor; and an operating system comprising one or more instructions embodied in non-transitory computer-readable media communicatively coupled to the processor, the instructions for causing the processor to, when read and executed by the processor: responsive to a user input indicating a desire to invoke a basic input/output system (BIOS) setup program for configuring a BIOS; prompt for and receive user-provided credentials via a user interface communicatively coupled to the processor; pass BIOS credentials to the BIOS based on the user-provided credentials; and responsive to determining that the BIOS credentials are valid: set a BIOS setup program flag indicating that the BIOS setup program is to be invoked on a subsequent boot; and record a timestamp indicative of when the flag was set; wherein the BIOS is configured to invoke the BIOS setup program prior to loading and executing the operative system responsive to detecting: the BIOS setup flag is set; and a most recent boot of the information handling system occurred within a particular interval relative to the time indicated by the timestamp.