# US 7,610,206 B2 · Provision of custom configured assemblies

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- Number: US 7,610,206 B2
- Document ID: US7610206B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 10/063,814
- Filed: 2002-05-15
- Published: 2004-03-18
- Granted: 2009-10-27
- Earliest claimed: 2002-05-15
- Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation
- Inventors: Charles Edward Kuhlmann; Francis E Noel, Jr.; Norman Clark Strole
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US7610206B2

## CPC

- G06Q 10/06: Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
- G06Q: INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL OR SUPERVISORY PURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

## Abstract

Provision to a customer of equipment already installed into a specified enclosure to create an assembly is accomplished in an advantageous manner by the disclosed process. A manufacturer obtains the enclosure and the components of the specified equipment, installs the equipment in the enclosure and performs appropriate tests on the completed assembly before sending the assembly to the customer.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for providing a customer with equipment installed in a rack assembly, the method comprising:
providing the rack assembly at a manufacturer location;
installing the equipment in the rack assembly to create an assembly, wherein the equipment includes an uninterruptible power supplier, a network management console, a network router, and a network server;
testing the assembly; and
sending the assembly to the customer.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the providing step comprises receiving the rack assembly from the customer.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the providing step comprises obtaining the rack assembly from a supplier specified by the customer.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the providing step comprises obtaining the rack assembly according to specifications provided by the customer.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the equipment comprises parts originating from the manufacturer.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the equipment comprises at least one part originating from the manufacturer and at least one part originating from a source other than the manufacturer.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the equipment comprises parts originating from a source other than the manufacturer.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The method of claim 6 wherein the at least one part originating from a source other than the manufacturer is supplied by the customer.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The method of claim 7 wherein at least one part is supplied by the customer.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein the testing step comprises performing fire safety testing.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 wherein;
the installing step further comprises loading appropriate software onto the equipment; and
the testing step comprises performing functionality testing on the equipment and the loaded software.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1 further comprising: repeating the steps to create and test a number of assemblies requested by the customer.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method of claim 12 wherein the sending step comprises sending the assemblies to more than one customer location.