Information Handling System Personalization

• US 20090164528A1
• Filed: 12/21/2007
• Published: 06/25/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Robertson, Robert Hunter, Odulinski, Bogdan, Ford, Jeffrey V.
• Application Number:
  US11/962,408
• Publication Number:
  US 20090164528A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management

Abstract

Information handling system (IHS) personalization includes receiving a request for a replacement IHS. A plurality of customer IHS data is then collected. The plurality of customer IHS data is transferred to the replacement IHS during the manufacture of the replacement IHS. The replacement IHS is then provided to a user of the customer IHS data.

Claims

1. A system for personalization of an IHS, comprising:

a replacement IHS ordering engine that is operable to receive an order for a replacement IHS;

a communication engine that is operable to collect a plurality of customer IHS data and store it in a database; and

a manufacturing engine that is operable to transfer the plurality of customer IHS data from the database to the replacement IHS during the manufacture of the replacement IHS.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of customer IHS data comprises IHS personalization data.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the plurality of customer IHS data comprises IHS backup data.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the customer IHS data is encrypted before the customer IHS data is stored in the database.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the communication engine is operable provide the replacement IHS to a user of the customer IHS data subsequent to the manufacture of the replacement IHS.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the manufacturing engine provides a personalization engine on the replacement IHS, and wherein the personalization engine is operable to migrate the customer IHS data to the appropriate locations on the replacement IHS upon the provision of an authentication password.

7. A method for IHS personalization, comprising:

receiving a request for a replacement IHS;

collecting a plurality of customer IHS data;

transferring the plurality of customer IHS data to the replacement IHS during the manufacture of the replacement IHS; and

providing the replacement IHS to a user of the customer IHS data.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the receiving a request for a replacement IHS comprises receiving an order for the purchase of a new IHS.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the collecting a plurality of customer IHS data comprises collecting a plurality of IHS personalization data.

10. The method of claim 7, wherein the collecting a plurality of customer IHS data comprises collecting a plurality of IHS backup data.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein the transferring the plurality of customer IHS data to the replacement IHS comprises transferring a personalization engine to the replacement IHS that is operable to migrate the customer IHS data to the appropriate locations on the replacement IHS.

12. The method of claim 7, wherein the plurality of customer IHS data that is collected is encrypted.

13. The method of claim 7, wherein, subsequent to the provision of the replacement IHS to the user of the customer IHS data, the user of the customer IHS data provides an authentication password to the replacement IHS in order to activate a personalization engine on the replacement IHS that migrates the customer IHS data to the appropriate locations on the replacement IHS.

14. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

providing a customer IHS backup database, wherein the plurality of customer IHS data comprises a plurality of IHS backup data that has been transferred from a customer IHS to the customer IHS backup database.

15. The method of claim 7, further comprising:

providing a customer IHS personalization database; and

providing the user of the customer IHS data a data migration engine, wherein the plurality of customer IHS data comprises a plurality of IHS personalization data that has been transferred to the customer IHS personalization database.

16. A method for transferring data to an IHS, comprising:

transferring a plurality of IHS backup data from a customer IHS to a customer IHS backup database;

requesting a replacement IHS;

operating a data migration engine to transfer a plurality of IHS personalization data from the customer IHS to a customer IHS personalization database; and

receiving the replacement IHS comprising the plurality of IHS backup data and the plurality of IHS personalization data.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the transferring the plurality of IHS backup data from the customer IHS to the customer IHS backup database comprises transferring IHS backup data at regular time intervals.

18. The method of claim 16, wherein the receiving a replacement IHS comprises receiving a replacement IHS including a personalization engine, and wherein the method further comprises:

providing an authentication password to the personalization engine in order to migrate the plurality of IHS backup data and the plurality of IHS personalization data to the appropriate locations on the replacement IHS.

19. The method of claim 16, wherein the requesting a replacement IHS comprises purchasing a new IHS.

20. The method of claim 16, wherein the transferring of the plurality of IHS backup data and the plurality of IHS personalization data comprises encrypting the plurality of IHS backup data and the plurality of IHS personalization data.