US 11,907,052 B2
Systems and methods for encrypting unique failure codes to aid in preventing fraudulent exchanges of information handling system components
Craig L. Chaiken, Pflugerville, TX (US); Adolfo S. Montero, Pflugerville, TX (US); Geroncio O. Tan, Austin, TX (US); Hong-Ji Huang, Hsinchu (TW); and Yi-Fan Wang, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 20, 2020, as Appl. No. 16/853,109.
Prior Publication US 2021/0326198 A1, Oct. 21, 2021
Int. Cl. G06F 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G06F 21/60 (2013.01)
CPC G06F 11/0769 (2013.01) [G06F 11/0751 (2013.01); G06F 21/602 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information handling system comprising:
a processor;
a display device communicatively coupled to the processor; and
a management controller communicatively coupled to the processor and the display device and configured to, in response to a failure of the information handling system:
determine a component of the information handling system as a source of failure;
generate a unique failure code associated with the failure;
encrypt the unique failure code to generate an encrypted unique failure code; and
display the encrypted unique failure code to the display device;
wherein the encrypted unique failure code is capable of being decrypted to match identifying information associated with the decrypted unique failure with records associated with the information handling system and the component determined as the source of failure.