Patent ID: 11954004
Assignee: DELL PRODUCTS L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An apparatus comprising:
at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory;
the at least one processing device being configured to:
collect a first data set for a system at a first time instance, wherein the first data set comprises inventory data for a configuration of the system present at the first time instance;
compare the first data set to a second data set, wherein the second data set comprises inventory data for a configuration of the system present at a second time instance;
obtain a third data set based on the comparison of the first data set and the second data set, wherein the third data set comprises data indicative of any differences between the inventory data for the configuration of the system present at the first time instance and the inventory data for the configuration of the system present at the second time instance;
automatically cause a notification to an owner of the system of any differences between the inventory data for the configuration of the system present at the first time instance and the inventory data for the configuration of the system present at the second time instance; and
cause an upload of the third data set to a backend server of a manufacturer of the system;
wherein any differences between the inventory data for the configuration of the system present at the first time instance and the inventory data for the configuration of the system present at the second time instance indicate that the system was modified between the first time instance and the second time instance.