Smart peripheral device for an information handling system

A method for offloading one or more tasks from an information handling system to a smart peripheral device in a computing environment, the method comprising:

• establishing, by the smart peripheral device, a connection between the smart peripheral device and the information handling system, the connection communicatively coupling the smart peripheral device to the information handling system;
• receiving, by the smart peripheral device, a user identification (ID) from the information handling system, the user ID indicating a user of the information handling system;
• receiving, by the smart peripheral device, a query from the information handling system, the query requesting a capabilities inventory of the smart peripheral device, the capabilities inventory indicating the one or more tasks to be offloaded from the information handling system to the smart peripheral device;
• determining, by the smart peripheral device, user permissions based on a configuration policy of the smart peripheral device, the configuration policy indicating one or more permissions associated with the user ID;
• generating, by the smart peripheral device, the capabilities inventory based on the user permissions;
• sending, by the smart peripheral device, the capabilities inventory to the information handling system;
• receiving, by the smart peripheral device, one or more commands from the information handling system, the one or more commands indicating the one or more tasks to be offloaded from the information handling system to the smart peripheral device;
• and
• executing, by the smart peripheral device, the one or more commands.

A computing environment, comprising:

• an information handling system including one or more processors;
• and
• a smart peripheral device including:
• a controller;
• and
• a memory medium coupled to the controller that includes instructions executed by the controller causing the smart peripheral device to:
• establish a connection between the smart peripheral device and the information handling system, the connection communicably coupling the smart peripheral device to the information handling system;
• receive a user identification (ID) from the information handling system, the user ID indicating a user of the information handling system;
• receive a query from the information handling system, the query requesting a capabilities inventory of the smart peripheral device, the capabilities inventory indicating one or more tasks to be offloaded from the information handling system to the smart peripheral device;
• determine user permissions based on a configuration policy of the smart peripheral device, the configuration policy indicating one or more permissions associated with the user ID;
• generate the capabilities inventory based on the user permissions;
• send the capabilities inventory to the information handling system;
• receive one or more commands from the information handling system, the one or more commands indicating the one or more tasks to be offloaded from the information handling system to the smart peripheral device;
• and
• execute the one or more commands.