US 12,340,270 B1
Managing distributed devices using unique codes
Satishkumar Sadagopan, Leawood, KS (US); Dinesh C. Verma, New Castle, NY (US); Gerald Coon, Durham, NC (US); Mathews Thomas, Flower Mound, TX (US); Utpal Mangla, Toronto (CA); and Pawan Raghunath Chowdhary, San Jose, CA (US)
Assigned to International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed by International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US)
Filed on Apr. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/640,996.
Int. Cl. G06K 7/14 (2006.01); G06K 7/10 (2006.01); G06K 19/06 (2006.01)
CPC G06K 7/1413 (2013.01) [G06K 7/10881 (2013.01); G06K 19/06028 (2013.01); G06K 2007/10524 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method (CIM), comprising:
receiving, from a remote location, a request to generate a unique equipment code identifying a device;
determining identifying characteristics of the device;
generating the unique equipment code by:
applying policy based rules summarized in one or more predetermined information dependency graphs while combining at least some of the determined identifying characteristics in a specific order, and
converting the combined identifying characteristics into a corresponding alphanumeric string;
assigning the unique equipment code to the device; and
transmitting the unique equipment code to the remote location.