	US 12,105,856 B2
	Validation and registration for information handling systems
Jason Matthew Young, Round Rock, TX (US); A Anis Ahmed, Bangalore (IN); and Harmeet Singh, Bengaluru (IN)
Assigned to Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Oct. 22, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/508,726.
Prior Publication US 2023/0127405 A1, Apr. 27, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 9/00 (2018.01); G06F 11/22 (2006.01); G06F 15/177 (2006.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06F 21/73 (2013.01); G06Q 30/012 (2023.01)

CPC G06F 21/73 (2013.01) [G06F 11/2247 (2013.01); G06F 21/57 (2013.01); G06Q 30/012 (2013.01)]

17 Claims

1. A method for validating and registering an IHS (Information Handling System), the method comprising:

upon initializing of the IHS, retrieving an inventory certificate uploaded to the IHS during factory provisioning of the IHS, wherein the inventory certificate includes an inventory identifying a plurality of factory-installed hardware components of the IHS, and wherein the inventory of the inventory certificate specifies a registration requirement for initiating technical support for the IHS;

collecting an inventory of detected hardware components of the IHS;

validating the detected hardware components of the IHS as including only factory-installed hardware based on the inventory of factory-installed hardware components specified in the inventory certificate;

when the detected hardware is validated, determining that registration of the IHS is required based on the inventory from the inventory certificate in order to initiate technical support for administration of the IHS; and

registering the IHS to initiate the technical support.