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Pre-configuration of a cloud-based computer

  • US 8,843,603 B1
  • Filed: 09/27/2011
  • Issued: 09/23/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/13/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method comprising:

  • receiving, via a web browser on a first computer, a web-based customization application configured to establish one or more local system settings for a second computer and one or more user preferences for a user account with a cloud-based service, wherein the one or more local system settings are computer specific and associated with a computer ID that identifies a second computer, and wherein the user preferences are user account specific and associated with a username for the user account;

    receiving, on the first computer, an input to the web-based customization application to establish the one or more local system settings for the second computer and the one or more user preferences for the user account;

    transmitting from the first computer to a server computer, via the web-based customization application, the one or more local system settings for the second computer, the computer ID that identifies the second computer, the one or more user preferences, and the username for the user account;

    wherein a request for local system settings from a requesting computer will cause the server computer to transmit to the requesting computer;

    the one or more local system settings for the second computer and the one or more user preferences for the user account, when the request includes the username associated with the user account and the computer ID that identifies the second computer;

    or,the one or more user preferences for the user account, but not the one or more local system settings for the second computer, when the request includes the username associated with the user account and a different computer ID than the computer ID that identifies the second computer.

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