Patent №
US 8,364,945
Granted
2013-01-29
Filed 2008
Owner
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
Lab
AI components
1
planning
Assignment
Recorded
Dataset
AIPD
2023_r1 edition
Application
12141925
A method of provisioning an unknown computer system is disclosed. The method includes detecting a computer system to be provisioned, determining that the computer system is unknown to a configuration management system, and identifying a global identifier and a digital certificate to be used to provision the computer system. The method further includes communicating the global identifier and the digital certificate from a network based boot strap server or from boot strap media to the computer system prior to loading an operating system onto the computer system.
AI classification
Ownership
MICROSOFT CORPORATION
assignment · 214320582
Assignors
WARD, DANIEL, SARDESAI, SHANTANU, MEDINA, KERWIN, CHINTALAPUDI, RAVIKIRAN
On an employer assignment, the assignors are typically the inventors.