Method, Computer Program Product, And System For Selecting And Migrating Information And Device Drivers To A Computer System
AssigneeDell Products L.P.
InventorS. Christopher Boesch
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Abstract
A method performed by a first computer system includes receiving one or more of a plurality of files from a second computer system in response to a selection of the one or more of the plurality of files by a customer of the second computer system and receiving network settings from the second computer system. The method also includes providing a third computer system to the user, providing a medium that includes the network settings to the customer where the medium is configured to provide the network settings to the third computer system, and providing the one or more of the plurality of files to the third computer system in response to a request received from the third computer system.
Claims25
A method comprising:
- receiving an order for a new computer from a customer using a customer computer;
- receiving a file from the customer computer in response to a selection of the file by the customer using the customer computer;
- receiving a customer computer device driver from the customer computer in response to a selection of the device driver by the customer using the customer computer;
- and
- receiving network settings from the customer computer in response to a selection of the network settings by the customer using the customer computer, wherein the network settings are current network settings of the customer computer for:
- causing the new computer to be manufactured;
- storing the network settings on a medium;
- shipping the new computer and the medium to the customer;
- and
- causing the file and a new computer device driver to be migrated to the new computer in response to a request received from the new computer, wherein the new computer uses the network settings to migrate the file and the new computer device driver to the new computer.
A system comprising:
- a secure computer for:
- receiving an order for a new computer from a customer using a customer computer;
- receiving a file from the customer computer in response to a selection of the file by the customer using the customer computer;
- receiving a customer computer device driver from the customer computer in response to a selection of the device driver by the customer using the customer computer;
- receiving network settings from the customer computer in response to a selection of the network settings by the customer using the customer computer, wherein the network settings are current network settings of the customer computer;
- causing the new computer to be manufactured;
- storing the network settings on a medium;
- shipping the new computer and the medium to the customer;
- and
- causing the file and a new computer device driver to be migrated to the new computer in response to a request received from the new computer, wherein the new computer uses the network settings to migrate the file and the new computer device driver to the new computer.
A computer program product comprising:
- a computer program processable by a secure computer for causing a customer to:
- receive an order for a new computer from a customer using a customer computer;
- receive a file from the customer computer in response to a selection of the file by the customer using the customer computer;
- receive a customer computer device driver from the customer computer in response to a selection of the device driver by the customer using the customer computer;
- and
- receive network settings from the customer computer in response to a selection of the network settings by the customer using the customer computer, wherein the network settings are current network settings of the customer computer to:
- cause the new computer to be manufactured;
- store the network settings on a medium;
- ship the new computer and the medium to the customer;
- and
- cause the file and a new computer device driver to be migrated to the new computer in response to a request received from the new computer, wherein the new computer uses the network settings to migrate the file and the new computer device driver to the new computer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.