METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR REMOTE MODIFICATION OF SYSTEM CONFIGURATION
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1. A system, comprising:
- a server computing device including logic tocompare an up-to-date version of a client system configuration with a current system configuration version installed on a client computing device;
send at least a portion of the up-to-date version of the client system configuration to the client computing device in response to the current system configuration being unequal to the up-to-date system configuration;
the client computing device including logic tosend the server computing device the current system configuration utilized; and
update the client system configuration using the at least portion of the up-to-date version of the client system configuration received from the server computing device.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for updating the system configuration settings of a computer system Embodiments include a remote system configuration system that enables a user to update the system configuration of a target machine from a server machine over a network or similar communications system. Another embodiment includes a system configuration method using a bus master device to write system configuration data into a target computer system.
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1. A system, comprising:
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a server computing device including logic to compare an up-to-date version of a client system configuration with a current system configuration version installed on a client computing device; send at least a portion of the up-to-date version of the client system configuration to the client computing device in response to the current system configuration being unequal to the up-to-date system configuration; the client computing device including logic to send the server computing device the current system configuration utilized; and update the client system configuration using the at least portion of the up-to-date version of the client system configuration received from the server computing device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A client computing device, comprising logic to:
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send a server computing device a current client system configuration utilized by the client computing device; retrieve an up-to-date version of a client system configuration from the server computing device; determine whether one or more settings in the up-to-date version of the client system configuration are modified from a corresponding one or more settings in the current client system configuration; and in response to at least one of the one or more settings in the up-to-date version of the client system configuration being modified, update the client system configuration to the at least one of the one or more modified settings in the up-to-date version of the client system configuration. - View Dependent Claims (7, 9)
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8. The client computing device of claim 17, wherein the client computing device comprises a mobile device capable of sending and receiving cellular telephony communications, the client computing device being communicatively coupled to the server computing device over a cellular network.
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