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

Claim 0:
1. A method for validating secure assembly and delivery of an IHS (Information Handling System) for a customer, the method comprising:
retrieving 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;
collecting an inventory of detected lockable devices of the IHS;
comparing 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
validating 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.