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System for automatically generating and saving control information in a server if requested by a client at system initialization for operating in a network

  • US 5,548,729 A
  • Filed: 06/18/1992
  • Issued: 08/20/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An apparatus for setting control information in a client computer to enable the initialization and operation of the client computer in a network of multiple computers, the apparatus comprising:

  • client storage means in the client computer for storing the control information in the client computer for use when stored and when the client computer system is later booted;

    client storage check means in the client computer for checking if the control information is already stored in the client storage means when the client computer is booted;

    client request means in the client computer for automatically requesting a server computer connected over the network to transmit the control information when the client storage means is judged not to stored the control information means by the client storage check means;

    server storage means in the server computer for storing the control information for transmission to the client computer upon request;

    server storage check means in the server computer for checking if the control information is already stored in the server storage means when the client request means requests the control information;

    server generation means in the server computer for automatically generating the control information for transmission to the client computer upon request if the server storage check means determines that the server storage means does not already have the control information;

    server storage update means for automatically storing the control information generated by the server generation means in the server storage means for later use;

    server transmission means for transmitting the control information that was obtained from the server storage means or the server generation means to the client computer;

    client receive means in the client computer for receiving the control information transmitted from the server computer; and

    client storage update means for automatically storing the control information received from the server computer in the client storage means for both immediate use and later use,whereby control information for allowing the client computer to operate in the network is automatically requested by the client computer, but only if not already available in the client computer, is automatically generated by the server computer, but only if not already available in the server computer, is automatically provided to the client computer, and is automatically stored in the client storage means for immediate and later use.

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