US 12,243,007 B2
Equipment tracking for an information handling system
Abhirup Seal, Bangalore (IN); Chinmay Shripad Hegde, Uttara Kannada District (IN); and Hari Venkatachalam, Bangalore (IN)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jul. 20, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/813,893.
Prior Publication US 2024/0029015 A1, Jan. 25, 2024
Int. Cl. G06Q 10/087 (2023.01)
CPC G06Q 10/087 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for use in an inventory management system (IMS), the apparatus comprising:
a memory; and
one or more processors coupled to the memory, wherein the one or more processors are configured to:
receive, from a baseboard management controller (BMC), a registration request associated with the BMC, wherein the BMC is assigned to monitor a set of equipment;
transmit a registration response to the BMC based on the registration request;
receive, from the BMC, a push notification indicating a change to the set of equipment and further indicating identification information that is based on the registration request;
initiate an update to an equipment tracking database based on the indication of the change; and
receive, from a client device, a request for a listing of BMCs that are associated with the equipment tracking database, the listing including an indication of the BMC.