Patent ID: 11966728
Assignee: VMWARE LLC
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 14:
15. A method performed by instructions executed by at least one processor of at least one computing device, the method comprising:
receiving a plurality of device configuration signatures corresponding to a group of client devices, a respective device configuration signature comprising: a hardware configuration for a corresponding client device;
generating a user interface that shows a recommended configuration comprising at least one of: a recommended set of hardware components based on a superset of hardware components specified by at least a subset of the plurality of device configuration signatures, a recommended hardware specification based on the at least the subset of the plurality of device configuration signatures, a recommended set of applications based on a superset of applications specified by the at least the subset of the plurality of device configuration signatures, and a recommended set of firmware based on a superset of firmware specified by the at least the subset of the plurality of device configuration signatures; and
transmitting a request to configure at least one client device according to at least one of: the recommended set of hardware components, the recommended hardware specification, the recommended set of applications, and the recommended set of firmware.