Presentation during network address acquisition
First Claim
1. A method, implemented on a processing system, comprising:
- receiving a request for network configuration information from a client processing system;
sending network configuration information from a server processing system to the client processing system using a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (“
DHCP”
), the network configuration information having added to it, at least one of presentation information, or an address representative or said presentation information formatted in accordance with the DHCP, wherein said presentation information is automatically displayed upon network initialization through the DHCP on the client processing system without any input action from a user of the client processing system, when the client processing system uses the network configuration information.
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for instructing a processing system to present information. In one embodiment of the invention a server processing system on a network uses the DHCP protocol to provide network configuration information for a client processing system. The server processing system uses DHCP option code 56 to include presentation information with the configuration information sent to the client. Option code 56 allows for text messages to be presented by the client processing system and also allows URL-formatted text that may cause web pages or other internet resources to be presented by the client processing system. Because the presentation information is included with the network configuration information, information is presented when the client processing system uses the configuration information (e.g., upon network initialization).
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39 Claims
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1. A method, implemented on a processing system, comprising:
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receiving a request for network configuration information from a client processing system; sending network configuration information from a server processing system to the client processing system using a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (“
DHCP”
), the network configuration information having added to it, at least one of presentation information, or an address representative or said presentation information formatted in accordance with the DHCP, wherein said presentation information is automatically displayed upon network initialization through the DHCP on the client processing system without any input action from a user of the client processing system, when the client processing system uses the network configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 27, 28, 29, 30, 34)
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7. A method, implemented on a processing system, comprising:
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requesting network configuration information from a server processing system; receiving network configuration information at a client processing system using a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (“
DHCP”
), the network configuration information having added to it at least one of presentation information or an address representative of said presentation information formatted in accordance with the DUCP, wherein said presentation information is automatically displayed upon network initialization through the DHCP without any input action from a user of the client processing system, when the client processing system uses the network configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 35)
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8. A device comprising:
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a receiving unit to receive a request for network configuration information from a client processing system; a sending unit to send network configuration information from a server processing system to the client processing system using a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (“
DHCP”
), the network configuration information having added to it presentation information formatted in accordance with the DHCP, wherein the presentation information is automatically displayed upon network initialization through the DHCP without any input action from a user of the client processing system, when the client processing system uses the network configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 32, 36)
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14. A device comprising:
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a requesting unit to request network configuration from a server processing system; a receiving unit to receive network configuration information at a client processing system using a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (“
DHCP”
), the network configuration information having added to it presentation information formatted in accordance with the DHCP, wherein said presentation information is automatically displayed upon network initialization through the DHCP without any input action from a user of the client processing system, when the client processing system uses the network configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (31, 37)
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15. A machine readable storage medium that provides executable instructions, which when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to perform a method, the method comprising:
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receiving a request for network configuration information from a client processing system; sending a network configuration information from a server processing system to the client processing system using a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (“
DHCP”
), the network configuration information having added to it a presentation information formatted in accordance with the DHCP wherein said presentation information is automatically displayed upon network initialization through the DHCP without any input action from a user of the client processing system, when the client processing system uses the network configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 38)
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21. A machine-readable medium, that provides executable instructions, which when executed by a processing system, cause the processing system to perform a method, the method comprising:
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requesting network configuration information from a server processing system; receiving network configuration information at a client processing system using a Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol (“
DHCP”
), the network configuration information having added to it presentation information formatted in accordance with the DHCP wherein said presentation information is automatically displayed upon network initialization through the DHCP without any input action from a user of the client processing system, when the client processing system uses the network configuration information. - View Dependent Claims (33, 39)
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