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US 10,768,948 B2Granted
Apparatus and method for dynamic modification of machine branding of information handling systems based on hardware inventory
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsTimothy M. Lambert, Eugene Cho, Pablo R. Arias
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Abstract
An apparatus executes a boot operation, and determines a planar type associated with a motherboard. The apparatus queries an electronic database for the planar type associated with the motherboard, and identifies a branding identity that is electronically associated with the planar type.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a hardware processor;
- and
- a memory device storing instructions that when executed cause the hardware processor to perform operations, the operations including:
- executing a boot operation;
- determining a planar type associated with a motherboard;
- querying an electronic database for the planar type associated with the motherboard, the electronic database having entries that electronically associate branding identities to planar types including the planar type associated with the motherboard;
- and
- identifying a branding identity of the branding identities in the electronic database that is electronically associated with the planar type.
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A method of dynamically branding an information handling system, the method comprising:
- executing, by the information handling system, a boot operation;
- determining, by the information handling system, during the boot operation, a planar type minor and a planar type major associated with a motherboard installed within the information handling system;
- querying, by the information handling system, an electronic database for the planar type minor associated with the motherboard, the electronic database having entries that electronically associate branding identities and planar types including the planar type minor associated with the motherboard;
- and
- identifying one of the branding identities in the electronic database that is electronically associated with the planar type minor.
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An apparatus storing instructions that when executed cause a hardware processor to perform operations, the operations comprising:
- executing a boot operation by an information handling system;
- determining, during the boot operation, a planar type minor and a planar type major associated with a motherboard;
- constructing a planar type based on the planar type minor and the planar type major;
- querying a branding database for the planar type constructed based on the planar type minor and the planar type major, the electronic database electronically associating branding identities and planar types including the planar type constructed based on the planar type minor and the planar type major;
- and
- identifying a brand of the branding identities in the electronic database that is electronically associated with the planar type constructed based on the planar type minor and the planar type major.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.