Patent ID: 8972713
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computing device for performing a platform transformation, the computing device comprising: a transformable component having a plurality of hardware features, the transformable component transformable into a first configuration in which a first set of the plurality of hardware features is enabled such that the computing device has a first capability and transformable into a second configuration in which a second set of the plurality of hardware features, different from the first set, is enabled such that the computing device has a second capability different from the first capability; a platform management module to determine a platform transformation build that identifies one of the first capability and the second capability of the computing device; a connectivity module to (i) establish a communication connection with a cloud-based platform transformation service, (ii) determine at least one platform definition required to perform the determined platform transformation build, the platform definition including platform transformation data usable to transform the transformable component between the first configuration and the second configuration, and (iii) retrieve the at least one platform definition from the cloud-based platform transformation service; and a bootstrap module to perform the platform transformation build using the at least one platform definition to transform the transformable component between the first configuration and the second configuration.