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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2006
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2002
Douglas Bellinger, Ottawa, CA;
Richard Burke, Vanier, CA;
Thomas Phillips, Ottawa, CA;
Antonino Scaffidi Argentina, Gloucester, CA;
Andrea Baptiste, Ottawa, CA;
Gaetan Delahousse, Ottawa, CA;
Geoff Stewart, Ottawa, CA;
Wendy Raoux, Ottawa, CA;
Luc Richard, Greely, CA;
Stephanie Bazin, Ottawa, CA;
Scott Brookes, Ottawa, CA;
Patrick Rhude, Dunrobin, CA;
Douglas Bellinger, Ottawa, CA;
Richard Burke, Vanier, CA;
Thomas Phillips, Ottawa, CA;
Antonino Scaffidi Argentina, Gloucester, CA;
Andrea Baptiste, Ottawa, CA;
Gaetan Delahousse, Ottawa, CA;
Geoff Stewart, Ottawa, CA;
Wendy Raoux, Ottawa, CA;
Luc Richard, Greely, CA;
Stephanie Bazin, Ottawa, CA;
Scott Brookes, Ottawa, CA;
Patrick Rhude, Dunrobin, CA;
Atreus Systems Corp., Ottawa, CA;
Abstract
A 'policy distribution point' (PDP) allows service drivers to be installed remotely and automatically without rebooting the PDP or otherwise interrupting existing network-based services. The exposure of sensitive configuration data to non-secure networks is minimized by placing PDPs close to the devices to be configured. Service drivers on the PDP can be reused to configure multiple devices of the same type. The PDP receives an 'activation' and uses a service driver on the PDP to translate the activation into “device-specific instructions.” The device-specific instructions are sent to a device and configure the device to set up the network-based service. One or more PDPs can be used to configure both computing device and networking devices to provide a single service.