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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 09, 2006
Yan Arrouye, Cupertino, CA (US);
John Comiskey, San Jose, CA (US);
Chris Nebel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard Ford, Arlington, VA (US);
Michel Guittet, Redmond, WA (US);
Alice LI, Los Altos, CA (US);
Yan Arrouye, Cupertino, CA (US);
John Comiskey, San Jose, CA (US);
Chris Nebel, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Richard Ford, Arlington, VA (US);
Michel Guittet, Redmond, WA (US);
Alice Li, Los Altos, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A method and apparatus for configuring a computer. One embodiment of the invention combines all of the prior art control panels related to networking into a consolidated Network Setup Control Panel. In addition, the invention provides for computer configuration by scripting. The configuration may be for a type of system setting or for network configurations and protocols. Through scripting, a computer may be configured locally or remotely on a network. One embodiment of the invention provides for a centralized database or Configuration Library consisting of collected data relating to available configuration settings. This database is not limited to configuration information and can be used as a general database containing information the user desires to store. To modify a configuration by scripting, the invention provides for a Scripting Interface consisting of a Scripting Server and Scripting Plug-In. The Scripting Server receives the script forwarded from a user or network administrator, parses the script and determines the appropriate Scripting Plug-In to forward the desired action to. The Scripting Plug-In receives the commands and executes the appropriate actions to modify the configuration as directed.