Computing Device Service Life Management

• US 20170004421A1
• Filed: 07/01/2015
• Published: 01/05/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 07/01/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Gatson, Michael S., Kozlowski, Joseph, Lo, Yuan-Chang, Vichare, Nikhil M.
• Granted Patent: US 9,946,981 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/145 involving simulating, designing, planning or modelling of a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/065 related to network devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/55 Testing of service level quality, e.g. simulating service usage

Abstract

A method and information handling system for obtaining information handling system wear parameter values representative of wear of the information handling system, the information handling system wear parameter sensors comprising a motherboard event wear parameter sensor for obtaining motherboard event wear parameter values, a component event wear parameter sensor for obtaining component event wear parameter values, and a usage wear parameter sensor for obtaining usage wear parameter values, for calculating client information handling system wear based on the information handling system wear parameter values and the statistical model of wear estimation, and for providing a service life indication for the client information handling system, the service life indication indicative of a disposition suitability.

Claims

1. A method, at a management information handling system, comprising:

executing, via an application processor, instructions of a service life management system for determining a disposition of a client information handling system, wherein the application processor determines a statistical model of wear estimation for a plurality of other client information handling systems;

receiving, at the management information handling system, client information handling system wear parameter values representative of wear of the client information handling system, information handling system wear parameter values comprising motherboard event wear parameter values, component event wear parameter values, and usage wear parameter values;

storing the client information handling system wear parameter values in a memory device;

calculating client information handling system wear based on the information handling system wear parameter values and the statistical model of wear estimation;

providing a service life indication for the client information handling system, the service life indication indicative of a disposition suitability.

2. The method of claim 1 wherein the disposition suitability is selected from group consisting of:

suitability for recycling, suitability for intact resale, suitability for resale of salvaged parts, and suitability for resale after upgrading of at least one component.

3. The method of claim 2 wherein the receiving, at the management information handling system, the client information handling system wear parameter value occurs during a first period of client information handling system operational use prior to a disposition time.

4. The method of claim 1 wherein the usage wear parameter values comprise a cumulative power-on time of the information handling system.

5. The method of claim 1 wherein the information handling system wear parameter values comprise a freefall event value representative of a number of freefall events detected by the client information handling system.

6. The method of claim 5 wherein the information handling system wear parameter values comprise a thermal shutdown value representative of a number of thermal shutdown events detected by the client information handling system.

7. The method of claim 1 wherein the service life indication indicative of the disposition suitability comprises a plurality of disposition suitabilities, each of the plurality of disposition suitabilities pertaining to a different component of a plurality of components of the client information handling system.

8. A management information handling system comprising:

an application processor executing instructions of a service life management system for determining a disposition of a client information handling system, wherein the application processor determines a statistical model of wear estimation for a plurality of client information handling systems;

a network adapter for receiving, from a client information handling system, wear parameter values representative of wear of the client information handling system, the client information handling system wear parameter values comprising motherboard event wear parameter values, component event wear parameter values, and usage wear parameter values;

a memory device for storing the client information handling system wear parameter values in a memory device, the application processor configured to calculate client information handling system wear based on the client information handling system wear parameter values and to provide a service life indication for the client information handling system, the service life indication indicative of a disposition suitability.

9. The information handling system of claim 8 wherein the disposition suitability is selected from group consisting of:

suitability for recycling, suitability for intact resale, suitability for resale of salvaged parts, and suitability for resale after upgrading of at least one component.

10. The information handling system of claim 8 wherein the network adapter receives the client information handling system wear parameter values during a first period of client information handling system operational use prior to disposition according to the service life indication.

11. The information handling system of claim 8 wherein the usage wear parameter values comprise a cumulative power-on time of the information handling system.

12. The information handling system of claim 8 wherein the information handling system wear parameter values comprise a freefall event value representative of a number of freefall events detected by the client information handling system.

13. The information handling system of claim 8 wherein the information handling system wear parameter values comprise a thermal shutdown value representative of a number of thermal shutdown events detected by the client information handling system.

14. The information handling system of claim 8 wherein the service life indication indicative of the disposition suitability comprises a plurality of disposition suitabilities, each of the plurality of disposition suitabilities pertaining to a different component of a plurality of components of the client information handling system.

15. An information handling system comprising:

information handling system wear parameter sensors for obtaining information handling system wear parameter values representative of wear of the information handling system, the information handling system wear parameter sensors comprising a motherboard event wear parameter sensor for obtaining motherboard event wear parameter values, a component event wear parameter sensor for obtaining component event wear parameter values, and a usage wear parameter sensor for obtaining usage wear parameter values;

an application processor configured to calculate information handling system wear based on the information handling system wear parameter values and to determine a service life indication for the information handling system, wherein the service life indication is indicative of a disposition suitability.

16. The information handling system of claim 15 wherein the disposition suitability is selected from group consisting of:

suitability for recycling, suitability for intact resale, suitability for resale of salvaged parts, and suitability for resale after upgrading of at least one component.

17. The information handling system of claim 15 wherein the information handling system wear parameter sensors comprise:

a hinge operation sensor to detect operation of a hinge of the information handling system.

18. The information handling system of claim 17 wherein the information handling system wear parameter sensors comprise an accelerometer configured to detect freefall events and the information handling system wear parameter values comprise the freefall event value representative of a number of the freefall events detected by the client information handling system.

19. The information handling system of claim 15 wherein the information handling system wear parameter values comprise a thermal shutdown value representative of a number of thermal shutdown events detected by the client information handling system.

20. The information handling system of claim 15 wherein the service life indication indicative of the disposition suitability comprises a plurality of disposition suitabilities, each of the plurality of disposition suitabilities pertaining to a different component of a plurality of components of the client information handling system.