Client device configuration with hooks
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsWilliam Kress Bodin, Michael John Burkhart
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorsWilliam Kress Bodin, Michael John Burkhart
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Some embodiments include a method for configuring a client device. The method includes associating a hook in a configuration bundle with customized programming. The method includes downloading the configuration bundle for a client device to a services gateway, including downloading a generic configuration bundle to the services gateway. The method also includes executing the configuration bundle on the services gateway, including calling the hook and executing the generic configuration bundle. The executing of the generic configuration bundle further includes reading, from the client device, a configuration prompt stored on the client device, providing the configuration prompt to a user, receiving configuration parameters from the user, and writing the configuration parameters to the client device.
A method for configuring a client device, the method comprising
A system for configuring a client device, the system comprising:
A computer program product for configuring a client device, the computer program product comprising a machine-readable storage medium, the computer program product comprising computer program instructions capable of:
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