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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 24, 2012
Filed:
Oct. 04, 2007
Matthieu Clemenceau, Saint Michel des Loups, FR;
Emmanuel Ledoux, Granville, FR;
Stephane Durand, Le Val Saint Pere, FR;
Matthieu Clemenceau, Saint Michel des Loups, FR;
Emmanuel Ledoux, Granville, FR;
Stephane Durand, Le Val Saint Pere, FR;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
Data settings in a computer operating system are managed. The operating system includes sets of specific instructions (-), such as plugins, for managing configurations of software components () intended to run on the computer entity. A modification of settings required by an external program () involves a modification of configuration of the software components (), through related plugins (-). The operating system is architected so as to include a repository () storing data of settings, and a main program () having access to the repository in read and write modes. Upon request from an external program for modifying settings, the main program () is adapted for transmitting the request to the plugins, receiving from at least one plugin a response including an information of modification of settings required by the external program, and, upon verification of the information, validating the modification of settings and updating related data in said repository.