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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 09, 2006
Filed:
Jun. 01, 2001
William Blume, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sekaran Nanja, San Jose, CA (US);
Jagadish Bandhole, San Jose, CA (US);
William Blume, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sekaran Nanja, San Jose, CA (US);
Jagadish Bandhole, San Jose, CA (US);
VERITAS Operating Corporation, Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for describing computing environments as electronic documents, programs or other types of electronic representation or data is disclosed. The environment description can be created, transferred and ultimately used to create the specified computing environment for use by an end user, or users, in many different applications. The invention provides abstraction software and a user interface to allow a human user to specify a definition for the computing environment. Desired components are selected and included in the environment definition. Environment definitions can be stored and transferred in a manner compatible with typical electronic information. Environment definitions can be installed onto hardware and software resources by installation software. Environments can be installed on specific components from which the environment was originally abstracted, or on other sufficiently similar components. Environments can be remotely manipulated and accessed from computers, terminals, web browsers, handheld devices, or other devices.