Patent ID: 8468333

Claim:
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having computer readable instructions stored thereupon that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to: store an update to a base set of management information at a protected region of a non-volatile memory of the computer system; during the execution of the computer system, build a system management information table from the base set of management information and the update to the base set of management information, wherein building the system management information table comprises executing an update application configured to use a system management interrupt (SMI) to invoke a system management mode (SMM) at the computer system, wherein the update application is operative to retrieve the update to the base set of management information from the protected region of the non-volatile memory of the computer system, and to provide the update to the base set of management information and the base set of management information to a SMBIOS driver for building of the system management information table.