CREATING CROSS-TECHNOLOGY CONFIGURATION SETTINGS
First Claim
1. A method for use in a computer system comprising at least one computer, the at least one computer comprising a plurality of media managers that collectively enable the at least one computer to communicate using a plurality of network connection technologies, wherein each of the plurality of media managers enables the at least one computer to communicate using a respective one of the network connection technologies, the method comprising an act of:
- (A) providing at least one management interface that enables an administrator to establish at least one setting that relates to at least two of the plurality of media managers.
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Abstract
A network and connection provisioning framework for configuring and provisioning multiple aspects of network connectivity (e.g., multiple networks, media types, and/or connections). The framework may comprise a unified configuration interface that enables an administrator to configure multiple different types of network connectivity. A single configuration file comprising settings for multiple aspects of network connectivity may be generated based on preferences entered by a system administrator, or by exporting current settings from a particular computing device. Global configuration policies or other configuration settings that span multiple types of network connectivity may be also created and stored in one or more configuration files. Stand-alone media managers and/or plug-in modules may implement one or more standardized application programming interface functions so that they may interoperate with the network and connection provisioning framework. The standardized API may be used to ensure that configuration information is handled and stored in a standardized manner by different media managers and/or plug-in modules.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for use in a computer system comprising at least one computer, the at least one computer comprising a plurality of media managers that collectively enable the at least one computer to communicate using a plurality of network connection technologies, wherein each of the plurality of media managers enables the at least one computer to communicate using a respective one of the network connection technologies, the method comprising an act of:
(A) providing at least one management interface that enables an administrator to establish at least one setting that relates to at least two of the plurality of media managers. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A computer comprising:
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a plurality of media managers that each enables the computer to communicate using a corresponding one of a plurality of network connection technologies; and at least one processor programmed to; retrieve from a network configuration file at least one setting that relates to at least two of the plurality of media managers; and use the at least one setting that relates to at least two of the plurality of media managers to configure the at least two of the plurality of media managers. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. At least one computer readable medium encoded with a plurality of instructions that, when executed, perform a method for use in a computer system comprising at least one computer, the at least one computer comprising a plurality of media managers that collectively enable the at least one computer to communicate using a plurality of network connection technologies, wherein each of the plurality of media managers enables the at least one computer to communicate using a respective one of the network connection technologies, the method comprising an act of:
(A) providing at least one management interface that enables an administrator to establish at least one setting that relates to at least two of the plurality of media managers. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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