US 12,003,963 B2
Mobile provisioning of a data center asset in a data center connectivity management environment
Sudhir V. Shetty, Cedar Park, TX (US); Elie A. Jreij, Pflugerville, TX (US); Christopher Atkinson, Woodstock, GA (US); Eric Williams, Champaign, IL (US); Kirk Frey, Fleminton, NJ (US); Michael E Brown, Austin, TX (US); and Dominique Prunier, Montreal (CA)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Apr. 27, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/730,269.
Prior Publication US 2023/0354019 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. H04W 12/06 (2021.01); H04L 65/1033 (2022.01); H04L 65/1069 (2022.01); H04L 67/566 (2022.01); H04W 12/08 (2021.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.01)
CPC H04W 12/06 (2013.01) [H04W 12/08 (2013.01); H04W 76/10 (2018.02)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implementable method for performing a data center connectivity management operation, comprising:
providing a data center asset with a data center asset client module;
establishing a connection between a mobile device application and a connectivity management system;
submitting a request to the connectivity management system via the mobile device application to establish connectivity with the data center asset client module;
determining whether the data center asset has network connectivity;
completing a device claim process for the data center asset via the mobile device application when the data center asset does not have network connectivity;
establishing a connection between the data center asset client module and the connectivity management system based upon the request, the connection providing a secure communication channel between the data center asset client module and the connectivity management system; and,
exchanging information between the data center asset client module and the data connectivity management system via the secure communication channel between the data center asset client module and the connectivity management system.