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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:
Jun. 24, 2008
Filed:
Mar. 30, 2001
Steve A. Deluca, Woodinville, WA (US);
Paul B. Darcy, Redmond, WA (US);
Casey L. Kiernan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sally J. Martin, Redmond, WA (US);
Juhan Lee, Issaquah, WA (US);
Kevin A. Hodge, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeffrey P. Snover, Woodinville, WA (US);
Steve A. DeLuca, Woodinville, WA (US);
Paul B. Darcy, Redmond, WA (US);
Casey L. Kiernan, Kirkland, WA (US);
Sally J. Martin, Redmond, WA (US);
Juhan Lee, Issaquah, WA (US);
Kevin A. Hodge, Bellevue, WA (US);
Jeffrey P. Snover, Woodinville, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system for providing a computing device control interface are provided. A system administrator accesses a graphical user interface and selects a group of actions that are to be executed by a number of computing devices. The actions selected by the system administrator are embodied in a graphical action icon and displayed on the graphical user interface. The system administrator initiates the actions by manipulating the action icon such that it overlaps a computer icon, which embodies one or more computing devices within the network that will execute the selected actions. The computing device icon is also displayed on the user interface. The user interface executes the selected action on the selected computer and then generates an archive file embodying the execution of the selected actions on the selected group of computing devices.