Patent ID: 7698546
Filing Date: 2010-04-13
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. At least one computer-readable media storing computer-executable instructions for performing a method, the method comprising: locating a list; identifying a plurality of objects within the list, each object being defined based on a bios configuration description and being associated with a configurable element within a computing system that is accessible via a basic input/output system associated with the computing system; and modifying a setting of the configurable element based on an associated object of the plurality of objects via an application residing in a user area of a system memory of the computing system; wherein the bios configuration description comprises a set of rules for defining the plurality of objects; wherein the set of rules includes qualifiers to use when defining the configurable element in a desired format and the set of rules allow the actual values associated with the qualifiers to be determined by a manufacturer of the computing system; wherein the qualifiers and set of rules include: