# US 2014/0207902 A1 · Systems and methods for out-of-band management of an information handling system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0207902 A1 - Document ID: US20140207902A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 13/747,981 - Filed: 2013-01-23 - Published: 2014-07-24 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-23 - Assignees: Dell Products L.P. - Applicants: Dell Products L.P. - Inventors: Anand Joshi; Carlton Andrews; Christopher Ramirez - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140207902A1 ## CPC - H04L 67/34: {involving the movement of software or configuration parameters (network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416)} - G06F 9/00: Arrangements for program control, e.g. control units (program control for peripheral devices G06F13/10) - G06F 9/4401: Bootstrapping (security arrangements therefor G06F21/57) - G06F 11/00: Error detection; Error correction; Monitoring (error detection, correction or monitoring in information storage based on relative movement between record carrier and transducer G11B20/18; monitoring, i.e. supervising the progress of recording or reproducing G11B27/36; in static stores G11C29/00) - H04L 41/00: Arrangements for maintenance, administration or management of data switching networks, e.g. of packet switching networks - H04L 41/344: Out-of-band transfers - H04L 67/5681: Pre-fetching or pre-delivering data based on network characteristics - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Instructions embodied in a basic input/output system may cause a processor to, when read and executed by the processor communicate a query via a network interface to an intermediate information handling system to determine if digital assets intended for the information handling system were previously communicated from a management server to the intermediate information handling system and in response to a determination that digital assets intended for the information handling system were previously communicated from a management server to the intermediate information handling system, receive the digital assets at the information handling system from the intermediate information handling system. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information handling system comprising: a processor; a network interface communicatively coupled to the processor; and a basic input/output system comprising one or more instructions embodied in computer-readable media communicatively coupled to the processor, the instructions for causing the processor to, when read and executed by the processor: communicate a query via the network interface to an intermediate information handling system to determine if digital assets intended for the information handling system were previously communicated from a management server to the intermediate information handling system; and in response to a determination that digital assets intended for the information handling system were previously communicated from a management server to the intermediate information handling system, receive the digital assets at the information handling system from the intermediate information handling system. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information handling system of claim 1, wherein the intermediate information handling system comprises a wireless docking station. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information handling system of claim 1, wherein communicating the query via the network interface comprises communicating the query via wireless transmissions. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information handling system of claim 1, the instructions for further causing the processor to: enable wireless communication via the network interface; determine if a wireless communication link exists between the information handling system and the intermediate information handling system; and communicate the query via the network interface in response to determining that a wireless communication link exists between the information handling system and the intermediate information handling system. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information handling system of claim 1, wherein the basic input/output system comprises a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The information handling system of claim 5, wherein the one or more instructions are integral to a Unified Extensible Firmware Interface extension. ### Claim 7 A method comprising: during execution of a basic input/output system of a client information handling system, communicating a query from the client information handling system to an intermediate information handling system via a network interface of the client information handling system to determine if digital assets intended for the client information handling system were previously communicated from a management server to the intermediate information handling system; and in response to a determination that digital assets intended for the client information handling system were previously communicated from a management server to the intermediate information handling system, receiving the digital assets at the client information handling system from the intermediate information handling system. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein the intermediate information handling system comprises a wireless docking station. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, wherein communicating the query via the network interface comprises communicating the query via wireless transmissions. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The method of claim 7, further comprising: enabling wireless communication via the network interface during execution of the basic input/output system; determining if a wireless communication link exists between the information handling system and the intermediate information handling system; and communicating the query via the network interface in response to determining that a wireless communication link exists between the information handling system and the intermediate information handling system. ### Claim 11 An information handling system comprising: a processor; a network interface communicatively coupled to the processor; and a program of one or instructions embodied in computer-readable media communicatively coupled to the processor, the instructions for causing the processor to, when read and executed by the processor: receive a query via the network interface from a client information handling system; in response to the query, determine if digital assets intended for the client information handling system were previously communicated from a management server to the information handling system; and in response to a determination that digital assets intended for the client information handling system were previously communicated from the management server to the information handling system, communicate the digital assets from the information handling system to the client information handling system. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The information handling system of claim 11, the instructions for further causing the processor to, prior to receipt of the query, store, on the information handling system, the one or more digital assets received via the network interface from the management server. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The information handling system of claim 11, wherein the information handling system comprises a wireless docking station. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The information handling system of claim 11, wherein receiving the query via the network interface comprises receiving the query via wireless transmissions. ### Claim 15 A method comprising: receiving a query via a network interface of an intermediate information handling system from a client information handling system; in response to the query, determining if digital assets intended for the client information handling system were previously communicated from a management server to the intermediate information handling system; and in response to a determination that digital assets intended for the client information handling system were previously communicated from the management server to the intermediate information handling system, communicating the digital assets from the intermediate information handling system to the client information handling system. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, further comprising, prior to receipt of the query, storing, on the intermediate information handling system, the one or more digital assets received via the network interface from the management server. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein the intermediate information handling system comprises a wireless docking station. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The method of claim 15, wherein receiving the query via the network interface comprises receiving the query via wireless transmissions.