US 7,610,364 B2 · Method for controlling the operation of at least one specific computing system in a network

Abstract

The systems and methods of the present invention provide for controlling the operation of at least one specific computing system in a network 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 computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions for controlling operations of a specific computing system, said computer readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for:

retrieving a base configuration file, wherein the base configuration file defines common configuration attributes for a group of users;
retrieving a primary aspect configuration file, wherein the primary aspect configuration file defines common configuration attributes for at least two users within the group of users;
retrieving a secondary aspect configuration file, wherein the secondary aspect configuration file defines configuration attributes for one of the at least two users within the group of users;
overwriting configuration attributes in the base configuration file with configuration attributes in the primary aspect configuration file;
overwriting configuration attributes in the base configuration file with configuration attributes in the secondary aspect configuration file;
generating a session configuration file by saving the updated base configuration file as a session configuration file;
and
configuring a specific computing system for operation during a particular operating session based on the session configuration file.

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A computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for controlling operations of a specific computing system, said computer-readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for:

retrieving a base configuration file, wherein the base configuration file defines common configuration attributes for a group of users;
overwriting configuration attributes in the base configuration file with configuration attributes in a primary aspect configuration file in a predetermined sequence, wherein the primary aspect configuration file defines common configuration attributes for at least two users within the group of users;
overwriting configuration attributes in the base configuration file with configuration attributes in a secondary aspect configuration file in a predetermined sequence, wherein the secondary aspect configuration file defines configuration attributes for one of the at least two users within the group of users;
generating a session configuration file by saving the updated base configuration file as the session configuration file;
and
configuring the specific computing system based on the session configuration file.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method for controlling the operation of at least one specific computing system in a network

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Method for controlling the operation of at least one specific computing system in a network

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Abstract

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