Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Maintaining technical support continuity across system restarts and multiple operating systems
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Application No.: US14134699Application Date: 2013-12-19
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Publication No.: US09680939B2Publication Date: 2017-06-13
- Inventor: Philip M. Seibert , Todd Swierk , Gary Douglas Huber , Carlton A. Andrews
- Applicant: Dell Products, L.P.
- Applicant Address: US TX Round Rock
- Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
- Current Assignee: Dell Products, L.P.
- Current Assignee Address: US TX Round Rock
- Agency: Fogarty LLP
- Main IPC: H04L29/08
- IPC: H04L29/08 ; G06Q30/00 ; G06Q10/06

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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150180985A1 Maintaining Technical Support Continuity Across System Restarts and Multiple Operating Systems Public/Granted day:2015-06-25
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