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System and method for custom installation of an operating system on a remote client

  • US 7,379,982 B2
  • Filed: 03/28/2003
  • Issued: 05/27/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of transmitting a customized operating system image for transmission to a remote client, comprising:

  • receiving a request from the remote client to generate an operating system image, wherein the request from the remote client includes hardware profile data for the remote client;

    determining whether an operating system image that matches the hardware profile data is stored in an operating system image store;

    if an operating system that matches the hardware profiled data is found, retrieving the customized operating system image from the operating system image store;

    if an operating system that matches the hardware profiled data is not found, determining whether an operating system image that nearly matches the hardware profile data has already been built;

    if an operating system that nearly matches the hardware profile data is found, modifying the nearly matching operating system to build the customized operating system that matches the hardware profile data;

    if an operating system that nearly matches the hardware profile data is not found, building the customized operating system image from a product store that includes operating system elements; and

    transmitting the customized operating system image to the remote client.

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