Location processing apparatus, systems, and methods
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1. An apparatus, including:
- a processor coupled to an operating system to execute the operating system and to determine operating system-independent geolocation information; and
an operating system-independent geolocation stack in a firmware services environment, the operating system-independent geolocation stack coupled to the processor to continue to provide at least one of the operating system-independent geolocation information or a set of sensor data at a time when a status associated with the operating system comprises at least one of missing, inaccessible, or inoperable.
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Abstract
Apparatus, systems, and methods may provide operating system-independent geolocation information. A compact software and/or firmwave environment may be established prior to loading and/or initializing the main operating system. This environment, sometimes known as a pre-boot environment, may determine geolocation information and/or may provide user access to configuration information and methods, even when the operating system is absent or unavailable.
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27 Claims
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1. An apparatus, including:
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a processor coupled to an operating system to execute the operating system and to determine operating system-independent geolocation information; and an operating system-independent geolocation stack in a firmware services environment, the operating system-independent geolocation stack coupled to the processor to continue to provide at least one of the operating system-independent geolocation information or a set of sensor data at a time when a status associated with the operating system comprises at least one of missing, inaccessible, or inoperable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A system, including:
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a processor coupled to an operating system to execute the operating system and to determine operating system-independent geolocation information; an operating system-independent geolocation stack in a firmware services environment, the operating system-independent geolocation stack coupled to the processor to continue to provide at least one of the operating system-independent geolocation information or a set of sensor data at a time when a status associated with the operating system comprises at least one of missing, inaccessible, or inoperable; and a display operatively coupled to the processor to display data associated with the operating system-independent geolocation information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method, including:
providing operating system-independent geolocation information to a device, wherein the device includes an operating system, at a time when a status associated with the operating system comprises at least one of missing, inaccessible, or inoperable. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method, including:
operating a location-aware, operating system-independent firmware layer in a device having an operating system, wherein the operating system-independent firmware layer is capable of providing operating system-independent geolocation information to the device at a time when a status associated with the operating system comprises at least one of missing, inaccessible, or inoperable. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. An article comprising a machine-accessible medium having associated information, wherein the information, when accessed, results in a machine performing:
providing operating system-independent geolocation information to a device, wherein the device includes an operating system, at a time when a status associated with the operating system comprises at least one of missing, inaccessible, or inoperable. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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