Client Device Configuration With Configuration Services Providers
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Abstract
Configuring a client device, including receiving, from a manufacturer, a configuration bundle for a client device, receiving, from a vendor, vendor provided configuration parameters for the client device, receiving, from a user, user provided configuration parameters for the client device, and associating the vendor provided configuration parameters and the user provided configuration parameters with the configuration bundle for the client device; thereby producing an associated configuration bundle for the client device.
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20 Claims
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1-9. -9. (canceled)
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10. A system for configuring a client device, the system comprising;
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means for requesting by a user a configuration bundle for the client device from a Configuration Services Provider (‘
CSP’
);means for receiving, by the CSP from the user, user provided configuration parameters for the client device wherein the user provided configuration parameters for the client device are stored in CSP database according to a user identifier; means for receiving, by the CSP automatically from a vendor, vendor provided configuration parameters for the client device wherein the vendor provided configuration parameters include a client device identifier; means for receiving, by the CSP from a manufacturer, a configuration bundle for a client device wherein the configuration bundle for the client device is stored in the CSP database, wherein the CSP database is indexed according to the client device identifier for the client device; means for associating, by the CSP, the vendor provided configuration parameters and the user provided configuration parameters with the configuration bundle for the client device, wherein associating the vendor provided configuration parameters and the user provided configuration parameters with the configuration bundle for the client device comprises retrieving the configuration bundle from the CSP database in dependence upon the client device identifier and retrieving the user configuration parameters from the CSP database in dependence upon the user identifier, thereby producing an associated configuration bundle for the client device; means for detecting, by a services gateway, a client device and requesting an associated configuration bundle for the client device from the CSP; means for downloading, by the CSP to the services gateway, the associated configuration bundle for the user; and means for executing the associated configuration bundle on the services gateway to configure the client device.
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11-18. -18. (canceled)
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19. A computer program product for configuring a client device, the computer program product comprising:
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a recording medium; means, recorded on the recording medium, for requesting by a user a configuration bundle for the client device from a Configuration Services Provider (‘
CSP’
);means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving, by the CSP from the user, user provided configuration parameters for the client device wherein the user provided configuration parameters for the client device are stored in CSP database according to a user identifier; means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving, by the CSP automatically from a vendor, vendor provided configuration parameters for the client device wherein the vendor provided configuration parameters include a client device identifier; means, recorded on the recording medium, for receiving, by the CSP from a manufacturer, a configuration bundle for a client device wherein the configuration bundle for the client device is stored in the CSP database, wherein the CSP database is indexed according to the client device identifier for the client device; means, recorded on the recording medium, for associating, by the CSP, the vendor provided configuration parameters and the user provided configuration parameters with the configuration bundle for the client device, wherein associating the vendor provided configuration parameters and the user provided configuration parameters with the configuration bundle for the client device comprises retrieving the configuration bundle from the CSP database in dependence upon the client device identifier and retrieving the user configuration parameters from the CSP database in dependence upon the user identifier, thereby producing an associated configuration bundle for the client device; means, recorded on the recording medium, for detecting, by a services gateway a client device and requesting an associated configuration bundle for the client device from the CSP; means, recorded on the recording medium, for downloading, by the CSP to the services gateway, the associated configuration bundle for the user; and means, recorded on the recording medium, for executing the associated configuration bundle on the services gateway to configure the client device.
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20-27. -27. (canceled)
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