Patent ID: 7698546

Claim:
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: a display name qualifier associated with a display name rule, wherein the display name rule is “string that names configurable element class;” a description qualifier associated with a description rule, wherein the description rule is “string that provides description for the configurable element class”; a write qualifier associated with a write rule, wherein the write rule is “allow value of property to be changed”; a default qualifier associated with a default rule, wherein the default rule is “value associated with default qualifier is used to reset property value;” a values qualifier associated with a values rule, wherein the values rule is “list of allowed values”; a property display name qualifier associated with a property display name rule, wherein the property display name rule is “allow value of property to be changed”; a property description qualifier associated with a property description rule, wherein the property description rule is “string that provides description of the property”; a help qualifier associated with a help rule, wherein the help rule is “string that provides more information about the property and its values.”