Process for Verifying Computers
AssigneeDedicated Computing LLC
InventorsDaniel Paul Aicher, Lucian G. Suchocki, John Ashley Blankenship
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Abstract
A process for verifying computers is provided. The process characterizes a golden sample computer preconfigured to customers' configuration preferences, and stores the results and links the results to the specific customers. The process then checks output computers by retrieving the appropriate characterization results and verifying the output computers based on the characterization results. If the output computer passes, it is shipped, but if it fails, it can be easily reconfigured based on the results of the verification phase.
Claims22
A method for verifying computers comprising:
- creating a golden sample computer including hardware and firmware, the hardware and firmware each including specific characteristics;
- probing the hardware and firmware of the golden sample computer to determine the specific characteristics of the hardware and firmware;
- creating a characterization file;
- storing the specific characteristics of the hardware and firmware determined from the step of probing in the characterization file;
- loading the characterization file on an output computer;
- verifying the output computer using the characteristics stored in the characterization file, the output computer including output computer characteristics and output computer firmware, the output computer hardware and the output computer firmware each including output computer characteristics;
- determining a plurality of results of the verification;
- and
- displaying at least one of the results of the verification.
A method for verifying computers comprising:
- creating a golden sample computer including specific hardware and specific firmware, the specific hardware and specific firmware each including characteristics;
- probing the hardware and firmware of the golden sample computer to determine the characteristics of the specific hardware and specific firmware;
- storing the characteristics of the hardware and firmware determined from the step of probing on a media;
- loading characteristics stored on the media onto an output computer;
- verifying the output computer using the stored characteristics, the output computer including output computer hardware and output computer firmware, the output computer hardware and output computer firmware each including output computer characteristics;
- determining a plurality of results of the verification;
- and
- displaying the results.
A method for verifying computers with the use of a characterization file created by
- creating a golden sample computer including hardware and firmware, the hardware and firmware each including specific characteristics, probing the hardware and firmware of the golden sample computer to determine the specific characteristics of the hardware and firmware, creating a characterization file and storing the probed characteristics in the characterization file, the method comprising:
- loading the characterization file on an output computer;
- verifying the output computer using the characteristics stored in the characterization file, the output computer including output computer hardware and output computer firmware, the output hardware and output firmware each having output computer characteristics;
- determining a plurality of results of the verification;
- and
- displaying at least one of the results of the verification.
A method for creating a characterization file for use in verifying computers, the method comprising:
- creating a golden sample computer including hardware and firmware, the hardware and firmware each including specific characteristics;
- probing the hardware and firmware of the golden sample computer to determine the specific characteristics of the hardware and firmware;
- creating a characterization file;
- and
- storing the specific characteristics of the hardware and firmware determined from the step of probing in the characterization file.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.