ALEXANDRIA, Va., May 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,625,970, issued on May 12, was assigned to Phoenix Technologies EMEA Ltd. (Dublin).

"Providing bios features in a pre-boot environment for a client computer system" was invented by Ken Taylor (Bellevue, Wash.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A Method And System For Providing Secure And Customized Bios Features Via Execution Requests In A Pre-boot Environment For A Client Computer System. The Bios Features Are Provided To The Client Computer System Utilizing Signed Certificates For Verifying A Command And Control Client As Validated Firmware, Verifying Enrollment Of The Command And Control Client And Verifying Execution Requests Prior To Exe...