Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Automatically providing identity information for a network appliance
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Application No.: US11985669Application Date: 2007-11-16
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Publication No.: US08621027B2Publication Date: 2013-12-31
- Inventor: James P. Schneider
- Applicant: James P. Schneider
- Applicant Address: US NC Raleigh
- Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Red Hat, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US NC Raleigh
- Agency: Lowenstein Sandler LLP
- Main IPC: G06F15/16
- IPC: G06F15/16 ; G06F15/173

Abstract:
A method and system for activating a network appliance. The method may include providing a user interface for a network appliance, and allowing a user to request an activation of the network appliance via the user interface, without requiring the user to specify the identity of the network appliance. The method may further include sending an activation request to a server, receiving a response triggering an activation process on the network appliance from the server, and performing the activation process on the network appliance.
Public/Granted literature
- US20090132681A1 Automatically providing identity information for a network appliance Public/Granted day:2009-05-21
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