Selecting a command file

• US 8,983,938 B1
• Filed: 02/06/2009
• Issued: 03/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hewlett Packard Enterprise Development LP (Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Company)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Clark, Charles F., Congdon, Paul T., Miles, John R.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ly, Anh
• Application Number:
  US12/367,081
• Time in Patent Office: 2,230 Days
• Field of Search: 709/220, 709/221, 709/219, 709/222, 709/223, 709/228, 709/224, 711/103, 711/E12.008, 711/165, 711/170, 707/723, 707/735, 707/748, 707/609, 707/758, 707/608, 707/80, 710/8, 710/9, 710/10, 710/62, 717/124, 717/127, 717/106, 717/114, 717/134, 358/1.16, 358/1.15, 358/1.8, 358/1.14, 358/1.18, 358/1.9, 358/1.5
• US Class Current: 707/723
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 8/34 Graphical or visual programming
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0889 Techniques to speed-up the configuration process
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/06 specially adapted for file transfer, e.g. file transfer protocol [FTP]
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A method for selecting a command file is described. One or more command files coupled with a first device are accessed. Each command file of the one or more command files comprises one or more command file attributes. One or more device attributes associated with a second device are accessed. The one or more command file attributes and the one or more device attributes are compared to determine a correlation between the one or more command files and the second device. Based on the comparing, generating a ranked portion of the one or more command files according to the correlation.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method for selecting a command file, said method comprising:

accessing, by one or more processors, one or more command files coupled with a first device, each command file of said one or more command files comprising one or more command file attributes;

accessing, by the one or more processors, one or more device attributes associated with a second device;

comparing, by the one or more processors, said one or more command file attributes and said one or more device attributes to determine a correlation between said one or more command files and said second device; and

based on said comparing, generating a ranked portion of said one or more command files according to said correlation.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein said generating a ranked portion comprises:

assigning one or more pre-determined values to one or more command file attributes associated with said each command file that correlates with said one or more device attributes; and

generating a precedence ranking value for each correlating command file by summing said one or more pre-determined values assigned to said each correlating command file.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising:

selecting for execution a ranked command file of said ranked portion based on said precedence ranking value.

4. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

selecting for execution a highest ranking command file of said ranked portion.

5. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

if two or more command files are equally ranked in said ranked portion, selecting for execution a command file of said two or more command files that is listed first in said ranked portion.

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

placing in a list of executable command files a visual representation of a command file of said one or more command files that correlates with said one or more device attributes.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein said comparing comprises:

generating a run-once flag on a command file of said one or more command files comprising run-once instructions.

8. The method of claim 3, further comprising:

recognizing a command file of said one or more command files as a run-once command file; and

after said run-once command file is executed, removing said run-once command file from said ranked portion such that said command file is a non-candidate for execution.

9. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

based on said comparing, rejecting a non-correlating portion of said one or more command files, wherein said non-correlating portion does not correlate with said one or more command file attributes.

10. A command file selector comprising:

one or more processors; and

a memory storing machine readable instructions, which when executed by the one or more processors cause;

a command file accessor coupled with a second device to access one or more command files coupled with a first device, each command file of said one or more command files comprising one or more command file attributes;

an attribute accessor to access one or more device attributes associated with a second device;

a command file comparator to compare said one or more command file attributes and one or more device attributes to determine a correlation between said one or more command files and said second device; and

a ranked portion generator to generate a ranked portion of said one or more command files according to said correlation.

11. The command file selector of claim 10, wherein said ranked portion generator comprises:

a command file assignor to place in a list of executable command files a visual representation of a command file of said one or more command files that correlate with said one or more device attributes;

a command file initializer to initialize said each command file of said ranked portion to have a pre-determined initial value;

a value assignor to assign one or more pre-determined values to one or more command file attributes of each correlating command file; and

a precedence ranking value generator to generate said ranked portion for said each correlating command file by summing said one or more pre-determined values assigned to said each correlating command file.

12. The command file selector of claim 11, wherein said pre-determined initial value is zero.

13. The command file selector of claim 10, further comprising:

an execution selector configured for selecting for execution a ranked command file of said ranked portion.

14. The command file selector of claim 10, wherein said command file comparator comprises:

a run-once indicator to generate a recognition indicator of a command file of said one or more command files comprising a run-once set of instructions.

15. The command file selector of claim 13, further comprising:

a run-once command file remover to remove a visual representation of said command file from said ranked portion such that said command file is a non-candidate for execution, said removing occurring after a run-once command file is recognized as said run-once command file, selected for execution, and executed.

16. The command file selector of claim 10, further comprising:

a non-correlating command file rejecter to reject a non-correlating portion of said one or more command files, based on said comparing, wherein said non-correlating portion does not correlate with said one or more command file attributes.

17. The command file selector of claim 10, further comprising:

a security validator to validate said one or more command files before said accessing.

18. The command file selector of claim 10, wherein said first device is a memory storage configured to be received by a memory storage receiving port of said second device.

19. A non-transitory computer usable storage memory storing instructions that when executed by one or more processors cause a computer system to:

access one or more command files coupled with a first device, each command file of said one or more command files comprising one or more command file attributes;

access one or more device attributes associated with a second device;

compare said one or more command file attributes and said one or more device attributes to determine a correlation between said one or more command files and said second device; and

based on said comparing, assign one or more pre-determined values to one or more command file attributes associated with said each command file that correlates with said one or more device attributes; and

generate a precedence ranking value for each correlating command file by summing said one or more pre-determined values assigned to said each correlating command file.

20. The non-transitory computer usable storage memory of claim 19, further comprising:

selecting for execution a ranked command file of said ranked portion based on said precedence ranking value.