Digitized Device Regulatory Labels for IT Assets

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current methods for managing device regulatory labels on electronic products are inefficient, particularly in ensuring compliance with regional standards, as they require physical stickers to be updated and replaced, which is time-consuming and costly, and do not easily adapt to changes in hardware, software, or geographic location.

Innovation Solution

An information processing system that generates and manages digitized device regulatory labels, allowing for automated identification and display of certification marks based on the IT asset's location and components, using a network of client devices, a compliance database, and a device regulatory label management system, which can update content dynamically and display relevant certification marks for different regions.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Ease of manufacture

If physical stickers are used for device regulatory labels, then manufacturing and initial setup are simple, but updates and replacements are time-consuming and costly

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinitial label applicationVSAvoidlabel update time

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces physical stickers with a digital copy system where regulatory label information is stored electronically and accessed through a display device. This allows the same information to be displayed without requiring physical label replacement, resolving the contradiction between simple initial application and time-consuming updates.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system transitions from static physical labels to dynamic digital displays that can automatically update content based on changes in hardware, software, or geographic location. This dynamic capability eliminates the need for manual label replacements while maintaining ease of initial setup.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

2Ease of manufacture

If physical stickers are used for device regulatory labels, then implementation is straightforward, but adaptability to changes in hardware, software, or geographic location is poor

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvelabel implementationVSAvoidadaptability to changes

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The digital display system can dynamically adjust its content based on detected changes in hardware configuration, software versions, or geographic location. This automatic adaptation maintains ease of implementation while providing high versatility to changing conditions.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #15Dynamics

Solution Approach 2:

The system incorporates feedback mechanisms that monitor changes in the IT asset's configuration or location and automatically update the displayed regulatory information accordingly. This feedback loop enables the system to adapt to changes without complicating the initial implementation.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Ease of manufacture

If physical stickers are used for device regulatory labels, then initial setup is simple, but ensuring compliance with regional standards is inefficient

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinitial label applicationVSAvoidcompliance verification efficiency

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSProductivity

Solution Approach 1:

The digital copy system stores compliance information electronically and makes it readily accessible for verification. This eliminates the need for physical label handling during compliance checks, improving verification efficiency while maintaining simple initial setup.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system provides feedback by automatically displaying the appropriate certification marks based on the IT asset's current configuration and location, ensuring compliance verification is efficient and accurate without complicating initial application.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

4Ease of manufacture

If physical stickers are used for device regulatory labels, then manufacturing costs are lower initially, but total cost including updates and replacements is higher

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveinitial manufacturing costVSAvoidtotal material consumption

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of manufactureVSQuantity of substance

Solution Approach 1:

The digital system uses electronic copies of regulatory information stored in memory and displayed on a display device. This eliminates the need for continuous physical material consumption for label replacements, reducing total material costs while keeping initial manufacturing simple.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #26Copying

Solution Approach 2:

The system discards the need for physical label materials after initial setup and recovers resources by reusing the same display hardware to show updated information, thereby reducing total material consumption compared to continuous physical replacement.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #34Discarding and recovering

Data Source

PatentUS20240403891A1Digitized device regulatory labels for information technology assets

Publication Date: 2024.12.05 DELL PROD LP

AI summary

An apparatus comprises a processing device configured to identify content to be displayed on at least one version of a digitized device regulatory label for an information technology asset, to generate the at least one version of the digitized device regulatory label for the information technology asset, to provision, in a memory of the information technology asset, the generated at least one version of the digitized device regulatory label for the information technology asset, and to control output of the generated at least one version of the digitized device regulatory label on a display of the information technology asset.