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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jun. 25, 2019

Filed:

Feb. 24, 2017
Applicant:

Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);

Inventors:

Michael Helsel, Seattle, WA (US);

Ned Lecky, Seattle, WA (US);

Nicholas Keehn, Kirkland, WA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/00 (2013.01); G06F 21/44 (2013.01); B25J 9/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/88 (2013.01); G06F 21/86 (2013.01); B25J 11/00 (2006.01); G06F 21/30 (2013.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 21/44 (2013.01); B25J 9/00 (2013.01); B25J 11/008 (2013.01); G06F 21/30 (2013.01); G06F 21/86 (2013.01); G06F 21/88 (2013.01);
Abstract

Techniques of implementing automated secure disposal of hardware components in computing systems are disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method includes receiving data representing a command instructing removal of a hardware component from a server in a datacenter upon verification. In response to receiving the maintenance command, the method includes autonomously navigating from a current location to the destination location corresponding to the server, verifying an identity of the hardware component at the destination location, and removing the hardware component from the server. The method further includes upon successful removal of the hardware component, generating and transmitting telemetry data indicating verification of the hardware component at the destination location and successful removal of the verified hardware component from the server.


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