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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 13, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 19, 2013
Dell Products, L.p., Round Rock, TX (US);
Philip M. Seibert, Austin, TX (US);
Todd Swierk, Austin, TX (US);
Gary Douglas Huber, Austin, TX (US);
Carlton A. Andrews, Austin, TX (US);
Dell Products, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of systems and methods for systems and methods for maintaining technical support continuity across system restarts and multiple operating systems are described herein. In an embodiment, a method may include receiving a request to initiate a user support session. Additionally, the method may include receiving a unique identifier associated with a device to be contacted during the user support session. The method may also include establishing a user support session in association with the unique identifier. The unique identifier may be a hardware identification tag, a system-specific service tag, or the like.