US 7,254,624 B2Granted

System for generating a session configuration file for a computing system having attributes that are specific to a user and/or computing system by using a plurality of aspect configuration files applied in a predetermined sequence to update a base configuration file

AssigneeUnited Parcel Service of America, Inc.

InventorsRobert Kinyon, Jollinus Salehy, Chris Guzik, Glenn Carr

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Abstract

The systems and methods of the present invention provide for efficiently configuring computing systems based upon the aspects of the computing system that are present for an operating session of a specific computing system by updating the configuration attributes in a base configuration file with configuration attributes contained in aspect configuration files that are associated with the specific computing system aspects, such as the specific computing element, the specific user of the computing element, the specific location of the computing element, and/or any other aspect of the computing system to generate a session configuration file for the operating session. Thus, a session configuration file may be created for any combination of aspects of the computing system associated with configuration files to properly set up the specific computing system, including any peripheral devices, for the particular operating session such that the computing element does not have to be separately configured.

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Dependent claims

A system for use in a network having at least one server and at least one specific computing system, wherein the system comprises:

a storage element for storing a plurality of configuration files, said storage element comprising:
at least one base configuration file having configuration attributes common to computing systems in the network;
and
a plurality of aspect configuration files each having at least one configuration attribute that is specific to a specific computing system in the network;
and
a processing element in communication with said storage element, the at least one server and the at least one computing system for controlling operations of the at least one specific computing system, wherein said processing element:
generates a session configuration file by:
opening the base configuration file;
and
updating configuration attributes contained in the base configuration file with configuration attributes contained in the plurality of aspect configuration files, wherein the configuration attributes in the base configuration file are updated with the plurality of aspect configuration files in a predetermined sequence;
and
saving the updated base configuration file as a session configuration file, and
wherein said processing element controls the specific computing system based on the session configuration file.

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