Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Client device configuration with hooks
- Patent Title (中): 客户端设备配置带钩
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Application No.: US13495524Application Date: 2012-06-13
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Publication No.: US08639784B2Publication Date: 2014-01-28
- Inventor: William K. Bodin , Michael J. Burkhart
- Applicant: William K. Bodin , Michael J. Burkhart
- Applicant Address: US NY Armonk
- Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: US NY Armonk
- Agency: DeLizio Gilliam, PLLC
- Main IPC: G06F15/177
- IPC: G06F15/177

Abstract:
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.
Public/Granted literature
- US20120259959A1 CLIENT DEVICE CONFIGURATION WITH HOOKS Public/Granted day:2012-10-11
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