Inventory devices and methods

US8581728B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Cisco Technology, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Arthur G. Howarth · Mississauga, CA
• Prasad Miriyala · San Jose, US
• Chandrodaya Prasad · Sunnyvale, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 13, 2012
• Grant date: Nov 12, 2013
• Expiry date: Jun 13, 2032

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06Q10/08
• WIPO field: IT methods for management
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

In one implementation, a method includes determining first component data by a first aggregation device at a first time, the first aggregation device being associated with a first one of a plurality of device components of a device, the first component data comprising identification data regarding at least a second one of the plurality of device components of the device. The first component data may be stored. A component request may be received