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Patent No.:

US 12786916 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 2026

Filed:

Jan. 29, 2024

Time synchronization using a management controller and an out of band communication channel

Applicant:

Dell Products L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);

Inventors:

Luis Antonio Valencia Reyes, Waxahachie, TX (US);

Richard M. Tonry, Georgetown, TX (US);

Abeye Teshome, Austin, TX (US);

Bassem El-Azzami, Austin, TX (US);

Mohit Arora, Frisco, TX (US);

Vinodkumar Vasudev Ottar, Mckinney, TX (US);

Adolfo Sandor Montero, Pflugerville, TX (US);

Rajaravi Chandra Kollarapu, Allen, TX (US);

Assignee:

Dell Products L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);

Attorney:

WOMBLE BOND DICKINSON (US) LLP

Primary Examiner:

Phong La

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/00 (2009.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04W 56/005 (2013.01);
Abstract

Methods and systems for managing a data processing system are disclosed. To manage the data processing system, a management controller may be included in the data processing system. The management controller may participate in time synchronization for the data processing system. To do so, the management controller may obtain true time values from a trusted time server via an interaction using an out of band communication channel. The true time values may be used to update any number of clocks hosted by the management controller and/or hardware resources of the data processing system. Therefore, software applications may utilize reliable time data to perform computer-implemented services. Doing so may decrease a likelihood of compromise of the data processing system and/or true time values used by the data processing system to perform the computer-implemented services.

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Valencia Reyes, Luis. (2026). Time synchronization using a management controller and an out of band communication channel (U.S. Patent No. 12786916). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/12786916

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