Information handling system disposition automated using system metrics
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorsJohn Trevor Morrison, Jace W. Files, Andrew P. Tosh
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Abstract
End users subscribe to use information handling systems having a selected of available performance characteristics defined by plural components selected to build the information handling systems. A manufacturer meets subscriptions with information handling systems built from an inventory of new components, deployed components of information handling system is use by subscribers, and separated components taken from returned information handling systems and re-used. End user subscriptions are met in part by building information handling systems with separated components having a useful life remaining that aligns with end user usage patterns tracked over time.
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A method for information handling system manufacture, the method comprising:
- deploying a first set of plural information handling systems from a manufacturing location to plural operational end users;
- tracking usage information of plural components included in each of the first set of plural information handling systems with instructions executing on each of the first set of plural information handling systems;
- a communicating the usage information to a manufacture component inventory tracker;
- returning at least some of the first set of plural information handling systems to the manufacture location;
- disassembling the at least some of the first set of plural information handling systems into separated components;
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- assembling a second set of plural information handling systems from both new components and the separated components, the separated components selected by reference to the usage information to build the second set of plural information handling systems to have selected of plural performance characteristics.
A system for deploying information handling systems to subscribers comprising:
- plural information handling systems deployed to the subscribers, each of the plural information handling systems built with plural components interchangeable in the plural information handling systems to provide plural performance characteristics;
- an inventory tracker configured to track an inventory of new components, deployed components that are built into the plural information handling systems and deployed to end users and separated components that are removed from the plural information handling systems;
- a usage tracker stored in non-transitory memory of each of the plural information handling systems and storing instructions that execute on a processing resource of each of the plural information handling systems to track usage of the plural components built into the information handling system;
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- a configurator interfaced with the inventory tracker and the usage tracker, the configurator applying the inventory of new components, deployed components and separated components to configure plural replacement information handling systems to replace the plural information handling systems deployed to the subscribers to maintain one or more performance characteristics associated with each of the subscribers.
A method for deploying information handling systems to subscribers, the method comprising:
- deploying plural information handling systems to the subscribers, each of the plural information handling systems built with plural components interchangeable in the plural information handling systems to provide plural performance characteristics;
- tracking an inventory of new components, deployed components that are built into the plural information handling systems and deployed to end users and separated components that are removed from the plural information handling systems;
- tracking at each of the plural information handling systems usage of the plural components built into the information handling system;
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- configuring replacement information handling systems to replace the plural information handling systems deployed to the subscribers by applying the inventory of new components, deployed components and separated components to maintain one or more performance characteristics associated with each of the subscribers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.