REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF APPLICATION SETTINGS

• US 20160087855A1
• Filed: 10/30/2014
• Published: 03/24/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/19/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Splunk Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Splunk Inc. (Cisco Systems, Inc.)
• Inventors: VLACHOGIANNIS, IOANNIS, Papadomitsos, Panagiotis, MAROULIS, NIKOLAOS
• Granted Patent: US 10,554,788 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/60 Software deployment
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0873 Checking configuration conflicts between network elements
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/5012 determining service availability, e.g. which services are available at a certain point in time
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/133 Protocols for remote procedure calls [RPC]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

In various implementations, a computer-implemented method for remotely managing settings of applications includes receiving a network communication from a managed device, the received network communication including a client-side hash value. The method further includes identifying settings for an application on the managed device in response to the receiving of the network communication, where the identified settings include configuration instructions for the application. Based on a comparison between the received client-side hash value and a server-side hash value that corresponds to the identified settings, at least some of the identified settings are transmitted to the managed device. The transmitting of the at least some of the identified settings can be based on the comparison indicating a mismatch between the received client-side hash value and the server-side hash value. The method may also include completing processing of the received network communication after the transmitting of the at least some of the identified settings.

Claims

1. A computer-implemented method for remotely managing settings of applications, the method comprising:

receiving a network communication from a managed device, the received network communication comprising a client-side hash value;

identifying settings for an application on the managed device in response to the receiving of the network communication, wherein the identified settings comprise configuration instructions for the application; and

based on a comparison between the received client-side hash value and a server-side hash value that corresponds to the identified settings, transmitting at least some of the identified settings to the managed device.

2. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising generating the server-side hash value prior to the receiving of the network communication.

3. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the configuration instructions comprise a plurality of key-value pairs.

4. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the at least some of the identified settings is based on the comparison indicating a mismatch between the received client-side hash value and the server-side hash value.

5. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the transmitting of the at least some of the identified settings is based on the comparison indicating a match between the received client-side hash value and the server-side hash value.

6. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising completing processing of the received network communication after the transmitting of the at least some of the identified settings.

7. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising completing decoding of encoded payload data of the received network communication after the transmitting of the at least some of the identified settings.

8. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, determining to use the server-side hash value in the comparison based on an application identifier in the received network communication.

9. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the identified settings were modified in response to input from an administrator of the application prior to the receiving of the network communication, and the server-side hash value was generated based on the modification.

10. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein at least some of the configuration instructions correspond to a logging routine of the application.

11. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein one or more settings of the at least some of the identified settings comprise attributes that define whether or not the managed device is to apply the one or more settings to the application.

12. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising assigning attributes to one or more settings of the at least some of the identified settings, wherein the attributes define whether or not the managed device is to apply the one or more settings to the application.

13. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein one or more settings of the at least some of the identified settings comprise attributes that define that the managed device is not to apply the one or more settings to the application.

14. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising the managed device sending the network communication as part of a startup routine of the application.

15. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least some of the identified settings includes a setting that disables or enables a routine of the application.

16. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least some of the identified settings includes a setting that changes a routine of the application.

17. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least some of the identified settings includes a setting that changes a level of detail for logging in the application.

18. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least some of the identified settings includes a setting that disables or enables a logging routine of the application.

19. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the configuration instructions for a setting of the at least some of the identified settings comprises one or more variables for one or more functions of the application.

20. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, further comprising the managed device sending the network communication as part of a routine of a software development kit (SDK).

21. The computer-implemented method of claim 1, wherein the at least some of the identified settings includes a setting that disables or enables at least one paid feature, function, or routine of the application.

22. A system for remotely managing settings of applications, the system comprising:

one or more data processors; and

one or more computer-readable storage media containing instructions which when executed on the one or more data processors, cause the one or more processors to perform operations including;

receiving a network communication from a managed device, the received network communication comprising a client-side hash value;

identifying settings for an application on the managed device in response to the receiving of the network communication, wherein the identified settings comprise configuration instructions for the application; and

based on a comparison between the received client-side hash value and a server-side hash value that corresponds to the identified settings, transmitting at least some of the identified settings to the managed device.

23. The system of claim 22, further comprising generating the server-side hash value based on the settings.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein the configuration instructions comprise a plurality of key-value pairs.

25. The system of claim 22, wherein the transmitting of the at least some of the identified settings is based on the comparison indicating a mismatch between the received client-side hash value and the server-side hash value.

26. The system of claim 22, further comprising completing processing of the received network communication after the transmitting of the at least some of the identified settings.

27. The system of claim 22, further comprising completing decoding of encoded payload data of the received network communication after the transmitting of the at least some of the identified settings.

28. One or more computer-storage media storing computer-useable instructions that, when executed by a computing device, perform a method for remotely managing settings of applications, the method comprising:

receiving a network communication from a managed device, the received network communication comprising a client-side hash value;

identifying settings for an application on the managed device in response to the receiving of the network communication, wherein the identified settings comprise configuration instructions for the application; and

based on a comparison between the received client-side hash value and a server-side hash value that corresponds to the identified settings, transmitting at least some of the identified settings to the managed device.

29. The one or more computer-storage media of claim 28, further comprising generating the server-side hash value based on the settings.

30. The one or more computer-storage media of claim 28, wherein the configuration instructions comprise a plurality of key-value pairs.