diff --git a/common/src/software_config.cpp b/common/src/software_config.cpp
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+#include "common/include/software_config.hpp"
+
+#include <phosphor-logging/lg2.hpp>
+#include <xyz/openbmc_project/ObjectMapper/client.hpp>
+
+#include <regex>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+PHOSPHOR_LOG2_USING;
+
+using namespace phosphor::software::config;
+
+SoftwareConfig::SoftwareConfig(const std::string& objPath, uint32_t vendorIANA,
+                               const std::string& compatible,
+                               const std::string& configType,
+                               const std::string& name) :
+    objectPath(objPath), configName(name), configType(configType),
+    vendorIANA(vendorIANA), compatibleHardware(compatible)
+{
+    std::regex reCompatible("([a-zA-Z0-9])+(\\.([a-zA-Z0-9])+)+");
+    std::cmatch m;
+
+    if (name.empty())
+    {
+        throw std::invalid_argument(
+            "invalid EM config 'Name' string: '" + name + "'");
+    }
+
+    // check compatible string with regex
+    if (!std::regex_match(compatible.c_str(), m, reCompatible))
+    {
+        throw std::invalid_argument(
+            "invalid compatible string: '" + compatible + "'");
+    }
+}
+
+// NOLINTBEGIN(readability-static-accessed-through-instance)
+sdbusplus::async::task<std::string> SoftwareConfig::getInventoryItemObjectPath(
+    sdbusplus::async::context& ctx)
+// NOLINTEND(readability-static-accessed-through-instance)
+{
+    std::vector<std::string> allInterfaces = {
+        "xyz.openbmc_project.Inventory.Item.Board",
+        "xyz.openbmc_project.Inventory.Item.Chassis",
+    };
+
+    auto client = sdbusplus::client::xyz::openbmc_project::ObjectMapper<>(ctx)
+                      .service("xyz.openbmc_project.ObjectMapper")
+                      .path("/xyz/openbmc_project/object_mapper");
+    auto res = co_await client.get_sub_tree(
+        "/xyz/openbmc_project/inventory/system", 0, allInterfaces);
+
+    for (auto& [path, v] : res)
+    {
+        debug("inventory item at path {PATH}", "PATH", path);
+
+        // check if their path is a parent of our path
+        if (objectPath.starts_with(path))
+        {
+            debug("found associated inventory item for {NAME}: {PATH}", "NAME",
+                  configName, "PATH", path);
+            co_return path;
+        }
+    }
+
+    error("could not find associated inventory item for {NAME}", "NAME",
+          configName);
+
+    co_return "";
+}