Managing imaging of computing devices
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsEden G. Adogla, Pradeep Vincent, Benjamin E. Howard
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
Systems and methods for managing imaging of computing devices are provided. A device image manager enables selection of one or more device images on the basis of various computing device criteria. The device image manager may obtain hardware qualification information associated with one or more device images, and obtain device configuration information associated with a computing device. The device image manager may select a set of appropriate device images for the computing device based on the hardware qualification information, device configuration information, or various device image selection criteria.
Claims32
A system for managing device images comprising:
- a memory component for storing a set of one or more device images, wherein each device image in the set of one or more device images comprises at least a preconfigured device operating system;
- and
- a device image manager in communication with the memory component and operable to:
- cause the execution of a device configuration process on a physical computing device, wherein the device configuration process is associated with device provisioning preferences, and wherein the device provisioning preferences comprise at least criteria for obtaining device configuration information from a physical computing device;
- as a result of the execution of the device configuration process, obtain device configuration information corresponding to the physical computing device based on the device provisioning preferences, wherein the device configuration information includes at least one of a device hardware profile, a device network profile, a device benchmark profile, and a device physical location profile;
- select a subset of device images from the set of one or more device images based on the device configuration information;
- obtain device image selection criteria from a user;
- select a device image from the subset of device images based on the device image selection criteria;
- provide the selected device image to the physical computing device;
- and
- cause the physical computing device to load the selected device image.
A computer-implemented method for managing device images comprising:
- obtaining, by a device image manager, device provisioning preferences;
- causing, by the device image manager, the determination of device configuration information associated with a computing device at least based on the device provisioning preferences;
- determining, by the device image manager, a device image from a set of one or more device images based on the device configuration information;
- and
- causing, by the device image manager, the loading of the determined device image on the computing device.
A system for managing device images comprising:
- a memory component for storing a set of one or more device images;
- and
- a device image manager in communication with the memory component and operable to:
- cause the determination of device configuration information corresponding to a computing device based on device provisioning preferences;
- select a device image from the set of one or more device images based on the device configuration information;
- provide the selected device image to the computing device;
- and
- cause the computing device to load the selected device image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.