Creating cross-technology configuration settings
First Claim
1. A method for use in a computer system comprising at least one computer, the at least one computer comprising a plurality of media managers each of which enables the at least one computer to communicate using a respective one of a plurality of networking technologies, the method comprising:
- using at least one processor to provide at least one management interface that enables an administrator to configure at least one setting, the at least one setting comprising a multi-technology setting that relates to at least a first networking technology enabled by a first media manager and a second networking technology enabled by a second media manager, the multi-technology setting being used by the at least one computer to control how the at least one computer communicates using at least one of the plurality of networking technologies enabled by the plurality of media managers, wherein the multi-technology setting comprises a policy that specifies a limit on a total number of connections allowed at one time for the at least one computer via the plurality of networking technologies.
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Abstract
A network and connection provisioning framework for configuring and provisioning multiple aspects of network connectivity (e.g., multiple networks, media types, and/or connections). The framework may comprise a unified configuration interface that enables an administrator to configure multiple different types of network connectivity. A single configuration file comprising settings for multiple aspects of network connectivity may be generated based on preferences entered by a system administrator, or by exporting current settings from a particular computing device. Global configuration policies or other configuration settings that span multiple types of network connectivity may be also created and stored in one or more configuration files. Stand-alone media managers and/or plug-in modules may implement one or more standardized application programming interface functions so that they may interoperate with the network and connection provisioning framework. The standardized API may be used to ensure that configuration information is handled and stored in a standardized manner by different media managers and/or plug-in modules.
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19 Claims
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1. A method for use in a computer system comprising at least one computer, the at least one computer comprising a plurality of media managers each of which enables the at least one computer to communicate using a respective one of a plurality of networking technologies, the method comprising:
using at least one processor to provide at least one management interface that enables an administrator to configure at least one setting, the at least one setting comprising a multi-technology setting that relates to at least a first networking technology enabled by a first media manager and a second networking technology enabled by a second media manager, the multi-technology setting being used by the at least one computer to control how the at least one computer communicates using at least one of the plurality of networking technologies enabled by the plurality of media managers, wherein the multi-technology setting comprises a policy that specifies a limit on a total number of connections allowed at one time for the at least one computer via the plurality of networking technologies. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A computer comprising:
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a plurality of media managers each of which enables the computer to communicate using a corresponding one of a plurality of networking technologies; and at least one processor programmed to; retrieve from a configuration file at least one setting, the at least one setting comprising a multi-technology setting that relates to at least a first networking technology enabled by a first media manager and a second networking technology enabled by a second media manager, wherein the multi-technology setting comprises a policy that specifies a limit on a total number of connections allowed at one time for the at least one computer via the plurality of networking technologies; and use, at least, the multi-technology setting that relates to at least the first and second networking technologies to control how the computer communicates using at least one of the plurality of networking technologies enabled by the plurality of media managers. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. At least one tangible computer readable storage device encoded with a plurality of instructions that, when executed, perform a method for use in a computer system comprising at least one computer, the at least one computer comprising a plurality of media managers each of which enables the at least one computer to communicate using a respective one of a plurality of networking technologies, the method comprising:
providing at least one management interface that enables an administrator to configure at least one setting, the at least one setting comprising a multi-technology setting that relates to at least a first networking technology enabled by a first media manager and a second networking technology enabled by a second media manager, the multi-technology setting being used by the at least one computer to control how the at least one computer communicates using at least one of the plurality of networking technologies enabled by the plurality of media managers, wherein the multi-technology setting comprises a policy that specifies a limit on a total number of networks to which the at least one computer may connect at any time via the plurality of networking technologies. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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