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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 13, 2026
Filed:
Jun. 20, 2023
Dell Products, L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Walter Kemp, Georgetown, TX (US);
Kearson M. Mcnulty, Austin, TX (US);
Harpreet Narula, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
For endpoint Information Handling System (IHS) configuration based on network context, the IHS may use a discovery network service to find a location of an encrypted (and signed using public key infrastructure) options document, decrypted and validate the options document using the public encryption key, and use (a) option(s) from the resultingly decrypted options document to modify behavior of the IHS. The IHS may use the discovery network service to determine the IHS's environment, prior to using the discovery network service to find the location of the options document. The IHS may remove the public encryption key, in repose to completion of modification of the IHS's behavior in accordance with the option(s) from the decrypted options document.