Patent Document ID: 7886137
Application ID: 11679428

Base Claim:
1. A method of creating a basic input/output system (BIOS) project file, comprising: receiving a BIOS project type; identifying a BIOS component category corresponding to the BIOS project type from a script file; searching for BIOS components corresponding to the BIOS component category; presenting any located BIOS components for selection; receiving a selection corresponding to any number of presented BIOS components for inclusion within the BIOS project file; determining whether the selection of any number of presented BIOS components is valid according to component category selection criteria stored within the script file; if the selection is determined not to be valid, then requesting an alternative selection that is consistent with the component category selection criteria; and if the selection is determined to be valid, then creating the BIOS project file utilizing selected BIOS components.

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Claim 5:
5. The method of claim 1 , further comprising: receiving a BIOS project location; and receiving a BIOS component source location, wherein searching for BIOS components corresponding to the BIOS component category comprises searching the BIOS component source location for BIOS components corresponding to the BIOS component category, and wherein creating the BIOS project file utilizing the selected BIOS components comprises copying the selected BIOS components from the component source location to the BIOS project location into the BIOS project file.