Patent ID: 8516235

Claim:
A method for integrating a Basic Input/Output System (BIOS) Read-Only-Memory (ROM) image into a BIOS of an electronic device, comprising: opening a BIOS modification application; opening a target BIOS binary image of the electronic device within the BIOS modification application; and adding an electronic security and tracking system and method (ESTSM) ROM image to the target BIOS binary image, wherein integrating the ESTSM ROM image into the BIOS of the electronic device configures the electronic device for having a non-viewable component, an application component connected to the non-viewable component and capable of executing within an operating system environment and of communicating with the non-viewable component, and a BIOS component connected to the non-viewable component, wherein the BIOS component is configured to determine whether the non-viewable component is present and whether the non-viewable component has been tampered with, wherein the BIOS component is configured to check integrity of the application component during a boot process for the electronic device, wherein the BIOS component is configured to automatically cause the electronic device to restore the integrity of the application component in response to a negative integrity check of the application component, wherein the application component is substantially distinct from the BIOS component and the non-viewable component, and wherein the non-viewable component is configured to determine whether the application component is present and whether the application component has been tampered with.