Updating firmware of a computing peripheral at a docking station

A computing environment, including:

• an information handling system comprising a first processor having access to memory media storing instructions executable by the first processor to perform operations;
• a plurality of peripheral devices;
• a docking station connected to the plurality of peripheral devices and the information handling system, the docking station comprising a second processor having access to memory media storing instructions executable by the second processor to perform operations;
• an external computing device in communication with the docking station and the information handling system, the external computing device comprising a third processor having access to memory media storing instructions executable by the third processor to perform operations, comprising:
• identifying a firmware update package associated with a particular computing peripheral;
• providing, to the docking station, the firmware update package;
• wherein the docking station is configured to perform operations:
• requesting, to the information handling system, context of the information handling system, the context including a current usage of the particular computing peripheral;
• determining, based on the context, that the particular computing peripheral is available for updating;
• in response to determining that the particular computing peripheral is available for updating, determining that resources of the docking station are available;
• and
• in response to determining that resources of the docking station are available, applying the firmware update package at the particular computing peripheral.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:

• identifying, at an external computing device, a firmware update package associated with a particular computing peripheral;
• providing, by the external computing device and to a docking station communicatively coupled to the external computing device, the firmware update package;
• in response to receiving the firmware update package at the docking station:
• requesting, by the docking station and to an information handling system communicatively coupled to the docking station, context of the information handling system, the context including a current usage of the particular computing peripheral;
• determining, by the docking station and based on the context, that the particular computing peripheral is available for updating;
• in response to determining that the particular computing peripheral is available for updating, determining, by the docking station, that resources of the docking station are available;
• and
• in response to determining that resources of the docking station are available, applying, by the docking station, the firmware update package at the particular computing peripheral.