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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 20, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Edward K. Lee, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Chandramohan A. Thekkath, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Compaq Computer Corporation, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 ; G06F 9/00 ; G06F 1/5167 ; G06F 1/200 ; G06F 9/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/455 ; G06F 9/00 ; G06F 1/5167 ; G06F 1/200 ; G06F 9/44 ;
Abstract
A system and method for facilitating configuration of client stations in a computer network. A virtual disk representing configuration information is formed and selectively exported via the network to the client stations. The stations are configured with the configuration information identified by the virtual disk. Snapshot disks representing modifications to the configuration information required at the client stations can also be created, transported across the computer network, and used to upgrade client station.