US Patent Issued on Dec. 30 for "Unlocking a locked firmware setup utility using multi-factor authentication supported by a baseboard management controller" (Chinese, American Inventors)

Posted On: 2025-12-31

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,355, issued on Dec. 30.

"Unlocking a locked firmware setup utility using multi-factor authentication supported by a baseboard management controller" was invented by Caihong Zhang (Shanghai) and Fred Allison Bower III (Durham, N.C.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for unlocking a firmware setup utility of a computer server without a firmware setup utility user password. The method includes booting the server to a firmware setup utility interface and receiving a user request to unlock the firmware setup utility without the password. The method further includes receiving, via a web interface to a baseboard management controller (...

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US Patent Issued on Dec. 30 for "Unlocking a locked firmware setup utility using multi-factor authentication supported by a baseboard management controller" (Chinese, American Inventors)