Managing resources of a docking station

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025348359-A1
Application number	US-202418659115-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	May 9, 2024
Priority date	May 9, 2024
Publication date	Nov 13, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

Managing resources of a docking station, including establishing a coupling between an information handling system and the docking station; providing a user identifier associated with a user of the information handling system and first parameters associated with the information handling system; identifying second parameters associated with the docking station; requesting a partition of resources of the docking station, including providing the user identifier, the first parameters, and the second identifiers; in response to the request: identifying key performance indicators (KPIs) based on the user identifier, the first parameters, and the second parameters; determining a configuration of the resources of the docking station based on the KPIs; providing the configuration; and applying the configuration to partition the resources of the docking station.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A computer-implemented method of managing resources of a docking station, including:
establishing a coupling between an information handling system and the docking station; providing, by the information handling system and to the docking station, a user identifier associated with a user of the information handling system and first parameters associated with the information handling system; identifying, by the docking station, second parameters associated with the docking station; requesting, by the docking station and to an external computing device communicatively coupled to the docking station, a partition of resources of the docking station, including providing the user identifier, the first parameters, and the second identifiers; in response to the request:
identifying, by the external computing device, key performance indicators (KPIs) based on the user identifier, the first parameters, and the second parameters;
determining, by the external computing device, a configuration of the resources of the docking station based on the KPIs;
providing, by the external computing device and to the docking station, the configuration; and
applying, by the docking station, the configuration to partition the resources of the docking station.

2 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further including:
storing, at the docking station, data indicating the user identifier and the first parameters.

3 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining the configuration of the resources further includes identifying a previously generated configuration of the resources based on the KPIs.

4 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein determining the configuration of the resources further includes generating the configuration of the resources based on the KPIs.

5 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the KPIs further includes identifying an entitlement of the resources of the docking station based on the user identifier.

6 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the KPIs further includes identifying a security risk of the resources of the docking station based on the first parameters associated with the information handling system, the resources including interfaces of the docking station.

7 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the KPIs further includes identifying a performance of peripheral devices connected to the docking station based on the first parameters associated with the information handling system and the second parameters associated with the docking station.

8 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein identifying the KPIs further includes identifying a usage of the peripheral devices based on the first parameters associated with the information handling system and the second parameters associated with the docking station.

9 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , further including:
requesting, by the docking station and to the information handling system, the user identifier and the first parameters associated with the information handling system.

10 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the first parameters include parameters associated with an operating system (OS) executing at the information handling system and applications executing at the information handling system.

11 . The computer-implemented method of claim 1 , wherein the second parameters include interfaces of the docking station and computing peripherals connected to the docking station.

12 . A computing environment, including:
an information handling system comprising a processor having access to memory media storing instructions executable by the processor to perform operations; an external computing device in communication with a docking station and the information handling system, the external computing device comprising a processor having access to memory media storing instructions executable by the processor to perform operations; a plurality of peripheral devices; the docking station connected to the plurality of peripheral devices and the information handling system, the docking station comprising a processor having access to memory media storing instructions executable by the processor to perform operations, comprising:
receiving, from the information handling system, a user identifier associated with a user of the information handling system and first parameters associated with the information handling system;
identifying second parameters associated with the docking station;
requesting, to an external computing device communicatively coupled to the docking station, a partition of resources of the docking station, including providing the user identifier, the first parameters, and the second identifiers;
wherein the external computing device is configured to perform operations:
identifying key performance indicators (KPIs) based on the user identifier, the first parameters, and the second parameters;
determining a configuration of the resources of the docking station based on the KPIs;
providing, to the docking station, the configuration; and
wherein the docking station is further configured to perform operations:
applying the configuration to partition the resources of the docking station.

13 . The computing environment of claim 12 , wherein the docking station is configured to perform operations:
storing data indicating the user identifier and the first parameters.

14 . The computing environment of claim 12 , wherein determining the configuration of the resources further includes identifying a previously generated configuration of the resources based on the KPIs.

15 . The computing environment of claim 12 , wherein determining the configuration of the resources further includes generating the configuration of the resources based on the KPIs.

16 . The computing environment of claim 12 , wherein identifying the KPIs further includes identifying an entitlement of the resources of the docking station based on the user identifier.

17 . The computing environment of claim 12 , wherein identifying the KPIs further includes identifying a security risk of the resources of the docking station based on the first parameters associated with the information handling system, the resources including interfaces of the docking station.

18 . The computing environment of claim 12 , wherein identifying the KPIs further includes identifying a performance of peripheral devices connected to the docking station based on the first parameters associated with the information handling system and the second parameters associated with the docking station.

19 . The computing environment of claim 12 , wherein identifying the KPIs further includes identifying a usage of the peripheral devices based on the first parameters associated with the information handling system and the second parameters associated with the docking station.

20 . A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions executable by one or more computers which, upon such execution, cause the one or more computers to perform operations comprising:
establishing a coupling between an information handling system and the docking station; providing, by the information handling system and to the docking station, a user identifier associated with a user of the information handling system and first parameters associated with the information han

Assignees

• Dell Products Lp

Inventors

• Rajagopalan Srinivasa Ragavan
• Keshwani Anup
• Vajravel Gokul Thiruchengode

Classifications

• G06F2209/501

  Performance criteria · CPC title

• G06F21/577

  Assessing vulnerabilities and evaluating computer system security · CPC title

• G06F2209/5011

  Pool · CPC title

• G06F9/44505

  Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files · CPC title

• G06F1/1632

  External expansion units, e.g. docking stations · CPC title