US 8,429,641 B2Granted

System and method for migration of digital assets

AssigneeDell Products L.P.

InventorsClint H. O'Connor, Gary D. Huber, Michael Haze, William A. Curtis

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Abstract

A system, method, and computer-readable medium are disclosed for automatically migrating entitled digital assets from a source system to the target system. A first personalization agent is installed on a target system. A first set of digital assets entitlement data is provided along with an associated first set of digital assets data, which is then installed on the target system by the first personalization agent. A second set of digital assets entitlement data associated with a second set of digital assets data installed on a source system is determined by a second personalization agent. The second set of digital assets entitlement data is disassociated from the second set of system identifier data and then associated with the first set of system identifier data. The second set of digital assets is then installed the target system by the first personalization agent.

Claims12

Dependent claims

An information handling system for managing the entitlement of digital assets, comprising:

a storage medium comprising a repository of system identifier data, digital assets data, and digital assets entitlement data;
and
a processor, the processor being operable to:
perform installation operations to install a first personalization agent on a first system;
receive a first set of system identifier data associated with the first system, wherein the first set of system identifier data is provided by the first personalization agent;
process the first set of system identifier data to determine a corresponding first set of digital assets entitlement data;
and
provide the first set of digital assets entitlement data and an associated first set of digital assets data to the first personalization agent for installation on the first system;
and wherein
a second set of system identifier data associated with a second system is received, wherein the second set of system identifier data is provided by a second personalization agent associated with the second system;
the second set of system identifier data is processed to determine a corresponding second set of digital assets entitlement data associated with a second set of digital assets data;
the second set of digital assets entitlement data is disassociated from the second set of system identifier data;
the second set of digital assets entitlement data is associated with the first set of system identifier data;
and
the second set of digital assets entitlement data and the associated second set of digital assets data are provided to the first personalization agent for installation on the first system.

12 more elements

A computer-implemented method for managing the entitlement of digital assets, comprising:

performing installation operations to install a first personalization agent on a first system;
receiving a first set of system identifier data associated with the first system, wherein the first set of system identifier data is provided by the first personalization agent;
processing the first set of system identifier data to determine a corresponding first set of digital assets entitlement data;
and
providing the first set of digital assets entitlement data and an associated first set of digital assets data to the first personalization agent for installation on the first system;
and wherein
a second set of system identifier data associated with a second system is received, wherein the second set of system identifier data is provided by a second personalization agent associated with the second system;
the second set of system identifier data is processed to determine a corresponding second set of digital assets entitlement data associated with a second set of digital assets data;
the second set of digital assets entitlement data is disassociated from the second set of system identifier data;
the second set of digital assets entitlement data is associated with the first set of system identifier data;
and
the second set of digital assets entitlement data and the associated second set of digital assets data are provided to the first personalization agent for installation on the first system.

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A computer-usable non-transitory medium embodying computer program code, the computer program code comprising processor executable instructions configured for:

performing installation operations to install a first personalization agent on a first system;
receiving a first set of system identifier data associated with the first system, wherein the first set of system identifier data is provided by the first personalization agent;
processing the first set of system identifier data to determine a corresponding first set of digital assets entitlement data;
and
providing the first set of digital assets entitlement data and an associated first set of digital assets data to the first personalization agent for installation on the first system;
and wherein
a second set of system identifier data associated with a second system is received, wherein the second set of system identifier data is provided by a second personalization agent associated with the second system;
the second set of system identifier data is processed to determine a corresponding second set of digital assets entitlement data associated with a second set of digital assets data;
the second set of digital assets entitlement data is disassociated from the second set of system identifier data;
the second set of digital assets entitlement data is associated with the first set of system identifier data;
and
the second set of digital assets entitlement data and the associated second set of digital assets data are provided to the first personalization agent for installation on the first system.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.