Control of Policies for Setting File Associations When Configuring Information Handling Systems
First Claim
1. A method for setting file associations comprising:
- determining applications capable of executing a particular file type and are installed onto an information handling system;
providing a file association recommendation based upon the applications that are capable of executing a particular file type and are installed on the information handling system;
enabling selection one of the applications capable of executing a particular file type to be associated with the particular file type;
setting a file association that sets file association policies within a file association file based upon the selection;
accessing the file association file to determine an appropriate file association; and
, associating files with the application based upon the file association policies.
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Abstract
A file association recommendation function which when a user tries to execute a certain type of file such a multimedia file (e.g., a MP3 type file or JPG type file) for which there is no file association, a file association recommendation module is invoked that presents application recommendations to the user. The recommendation module will provide a user with a list of applications that may be associated with a particular type of file as well as a recommended application for the association. The recommendation module the queries the user to associate the MP3, JPG or multimedia content with one of the applications from the list of applications. The applications are pre-installed on the system. Based on the user'"'"'s choice, the file association recommendation module sets that application as the default application for the certain type of file (e.g., Yahoo Music as default for playing MP3 for the user).
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15 Claims
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1. A method for setting file associations comprising:
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determining applications capable of executing a particular file type and are installed onto an information handling system;
providing a file association recommendation based upon the applications that are capable of executing a particular file type and are installed on the information handling system;
enabling selection one of the applications capable of executing a particular file type to be associated with the particular file type;
setting a file association that sets file association policies within a file association file based upon the selection;
accessing the file association file to determine an appropriate file association; and
,associating files with the application based upon the file association policies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. An apparatus for setting file associations comprising:
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means for determining applications capable of executing a particular file type and are installed onto an information handling system;
means for providing a file association recommendation based upon the applications that are capable of executing a particular file type and are installed on the information handling system;
means for enabling selection one of the applications capable of executing a particular file type to be associated with the particular file type;
means for setting a file association that sets file association policies within a file association file based upon the selection;
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. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An information handling system comprising:
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a processor;
a memory coupled to the processor, the memory storing a file association recommendation module, the file association recommendation module comprising instruction for determining applications capable of executing a particular file type and are installed onto an information handling system;
providing a file association recommendation based upon the applications that are capable of executing a particular file type and are installed on the information handling system;
enabling selection one of the applications capable of executing a particular file type to be associated with the particular file type;
setting a file association that sets file association policies within a file association file based upon the selection;
accessing the file association file to determine an appropriate file association; and
,associating files with the application based upon the file association policies. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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