Control of policies for setting file associations in information handling systems

• US 20060136429A1
• Filed: 12/16/2004
• Published: 06/22/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2004
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Dandekar, Shree A., Howell, James A. Jr., Boesch, Shannon Christopher
• Application Number:
  US11/013,819
• Publication Number:
  US 20060136429A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/10 File systems; File servers
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment

Abstract

A method for setting file associations during a factory installation process which includes determining an application that is installed onto an information handling system, setting a file association default that sets file association policies within a file association file, accessing the file association file to determine an appropriate file association, and associating files with the application based upon the file association policies is disclosed.

Claims

1. A method for setting file associations during a factory installation process comprising:

determining an application that is installed onto an information handling system;

setting a file association default that sets file association policies within a file association file;

accessing the file association file to determine an appropriate file association; and

,

associating files with the application based upon the file association policies.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein

the file association file includes an extensible markup language (XML) file.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

providing a policy server, the policy server storing preferred file associations; and

,

updating the file association based upon the preferred file associations stored on the policy server.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

installing a synchronization module onto the information handling system; and

wherein,

the updating the file association includes synchronizing the file association used on the information handling system via the synchronization module.

5. The method of claim 1, further comprising

means for installing a plurality of applications onto the information handling system;

and

means for determining which of the plurality of applications to set as a default application for the purposes of setting a file association default.

6. An apparatus for setting file associations during a factory installation process comprising:

means for determining an application that is installed onto an information handling system;

means for setting a file association default that sets file association policies within a file association file;

means for accessing the file association file to determine an appropriate file association; and

,

means for associating files with the application based upon the file association policies.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein

the file association file includes an extensible markup language (XML) file.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising:

a policy server, the policy server storing preferred file associations; and

,

means for updating the file association based upon the preferred file associations stored on the policy server.

9. The apparatus of claim 8, further comprising:

means for installing a synchronization module onto the information handling system; and

wherein,

the updating the file association includes synchronizing the file association used on the information handling system via the synchronization module.

10. The apparatus of claim 6, further comprising:

means for installing a plurality of applications onto the information handling system; and

means for determining which of the plurality of applications to set as a default application for the purposes of setting a file association default.

11. A system for setting file associations during a factory installation process comprising:

a determining module, the determining module determining an application that is installed onto an information handling system;

a file association setting module, the file association module setting a file association default that sets file association policies within a file association file;

an accessing module, the accessing module accessing the file association file to determine an appropriate file association; and

,

an associating module, the associating module associating files with the application based upon the file association policies.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein

the file association file includes an extensible markup language (XML) file.

13. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

a policy server, the policy server storing preferred file associations; and

,

an updating module, the updating module updating the file association based upon the preferred file associations stored on the policy server.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising:

a synchronization module onto the information handling system; and

wherein,

the updating the file association includes synchronizing the file association used on the information handling system via the synchronization module.

15. The system of claim 11, further comprising:

an installing module, the installing module installing a plurality of applications onto the information handling system; and

a default determination module, the default determination module determining which of the plurality of applications to set as a default application for the purposes of setting a file association default.

16. An information handling system comprising:

a processor,

a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a synchronization module, the synchronization module synchronizing a file association used on the information handling system with a default file association based upon file association policies of an information handling system manufacturer.

17. The information handling system of claim 16, further comprising:

a file association file stored on the memory, the file association file setting file association policies within the information handling system.

18. The system of claim 16, wherein

the file association file includes an extensible markup language (XML) file.