At&t Intellectual Property I, L.p.

Jamie Andrew Fisher

Adam Klein

Philip Ted Kortum

James L Cansler, Jr

Wesley McAfee

Lona Noelle Dallessandro

James Bert Grantges

Jeffrey B Schnoebelen

Marcel M Soens

A system and method are disclosed for providing installation support to a user of a computer system. A method incorporating teachings of the present disclosure may include launching an installation tool in connection with installation of a peripheral driver. The tool may have capabilities that include, for example, capturing an install status at a plurality of predefined points in an install routine. During installation, an error may be detected at one of the predefined points and a diagnostic routine may be launched in response. The method may also include considering an accounting of the captured install states and using this information to help generate an action script crafted to resolve the detected install error.

System and method for providing installation support to a user

In a particular embodiment, the disclosure is directed to a method of configuring a computer coupled to a residential gateway. The method includes executing resource sharing software on the computer, receiving a message from the residential gateway requesting identification of available resources of the computer, and sending a response message to the residential gateway. The response message identifies a set of available resources of the computer. The method further includes receiving access settings corresponding to each of the set of available resources and configuring the computer to provide access to each of the set of available resources in accordance with the access settings.

Home networking resource management

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Austin, TX, United States of America

Jamie Andrew Fisher