Patent ID: 9672112
Date: 2017-06-06
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A computing device comprising: a first non-volatile memory including firmware; initialization instructions executable in the computing device to perform an initialization comprising initializing an operating system from an operating system image and registering the computing device with a seller of the computing device during a first run of the computing device, wherein during the initializing of the operating system, the initialization instructions are executable to set a non-volatile memory flag to backup the firmware; boot instructions executable to boot the computing device using a boot process after a reboot of the computing device performed following the setting of the non-volatile memory flag, the boot process based on the firmware in the first non-volatile memory; and backup instructions executable in the computing device to automatically backup the firmware to a second non-volatile memory during the boot process in response to the non-volatile memory flag being set.