US 12,481,491 B2
External weather conditions aware firmware updates
Palani Raja Zeavelou, Pondicherry (IN); Santosh Gore, Bangalore (IN); Gargi Priyadarshini, Tezpur (IN); Rahul Ranjan, Dehradun (IN); Rushyendra Velamuri, Bangalore (IN); and Priti Parate, Nagpur (IN)
Assigned to Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed by DELL PRODUCTS L.P., Round Rock, TX (US)
Filed on Jun. 7, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/330,514.
Prior Publication US 2024/0411538 A1, Dec. 12, 2024
Int. Cl. G06F 8/65 (2018.01)
CPC G06F 8/65 (2013.01) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An information handling system comprising:
a storage configured to store a firmware update for a component of the information handling system; and
a processor to communicate with the storage, the processor to:
receive a firmware update notification, wherein the firmware update notification is associated with the firmware update for the component;
determine whether the component is weather dependent, wherein the component is weather dependent based on the component being a critical component within the information handling system; and
in response to the firmware update being weather dependent, the processor further to:
determine whether the firmware update currently may be performed based on a weather report for a location of the information handling system; and
in response to a determination that the firmware update currently may not be performed, schedule a future time to perform the firmware update based on the weather report.