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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. 13, 2017

Filed:

Dec. 19, 2013
Applicant:

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

Inventors:

Philip M. Seibert, Austin, TX (US);

Todd Swierk, Austin, TX (US);

Gary Douglas Huber, Austin, TX (US);

Carlton A. Andrews, Austin, TX (US);

Assignee:

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

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 29/08 (2006.01); G06Q 30/00 (2012.01); G06Q 10/06 (2012.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/143 (2013.01); G06Q 10/063114 (2013.01); G06Q 30/016 (2013.01); H04L 67/146 (2013.01);
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.


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