Patent ID: 11863691
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 15:
16. A computer-readable storage device having instructions stored thereon for validating secure assembly and delivery of an IHS (Information Handling System), wherein execution of the instructions by one or more processors of the IHS causes a validation process of the IHS to:
retrieve an inventory certificate uploaded to the IHS during factory provisioning of the IHS for the customer, wherein the inventory certificate includes an inventory identifying a factory-installed lockable device of the IHS, and wherein the inventory certificate further includes an encrypted code for accessing the lockable device;
collect an inventory of detected lockable devices of the IHS;
compare the collected inventory of detected lockable devices against the inventory from the inventory certificate in order to validate the IHS is operating using only factory-installed lockable devices; and
validate that the encrypted code included in the inventory certificate is decipherable using a private key of the customer such that the deciphered code provides access to the lockable device.