US 12,436,776 B2
Distributing endpoint devices configuration via coordinator device
Shree Rathinasamy, Round Rock, TX (US); Maxim Balin, Gan-Yavne (IL); and Eliyahu Rosenes, Bet Shemesh (IL)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Sep. 15, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/468,303.
Prior Publication US 2025/0094179 A1, Mar. 20, 2025
Int. Cl. G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 9/44505 (2013.01) [G06F 8/65 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
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1. A method for managing operation of endpoint devices of a deployment, the method comprising:
obtaining, by an endpoint device of the endpoint devices, assignment instructions indicating that the endpoint device is designated as a coordinating endpoint device that manages one or more managed endpoint devices among the endpoint devices;
identifying, by the coordinating endpoint device, the one or more managed endpoint devices that are managed by the coordinating endpoint device;
obtaining, by the coordinating endpoint device, an update from an orchestrator, the update being for at least one of the one or more managed endpoint devices;
notifying, by the coordinating endpoint device and without the orchestrator, the at least one of the one or more managed endpoint devices of the update;
providing, by the coordinating endpoint device and after obtaining the update from the orchestrator, a copy of the update to the at least one of the one or more managed endpoint devices of the update in response to a request for the update from the at least one of the one or more managed endpoint device to initiate updating of the at least one of the one or more managed endpoint devices; and
providing computer implemented services using at least the at least one of the one or more managed endpoint devices that is updated using the update.