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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 17, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 12, 2009
Snehal S. Antani, Hyde Park, NY (US);
Frank J. Degilio, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Rajesh P. Ramachandran, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Snehal S. Antani, Hyde Park, NY (US);
Frank J. DeGilio, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Rajesh P. Ramachandran, Santa Clara, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A central configuration server is provided for managing user-specified configuration data for a configurable device. The central configuration server, which is separate from a configurable device to be configured, and which services a plurality of users, obtains a user identification and device information from the configurable device. Responsive to this, the central configuration server accesses an account database and uses the user identification and device information to retrieve, for the identified user, user-specified configuration data for the configurable device. The central configuration server then forwards the user-specified configuration data from the account database to the configurable device for use in automatically configuring the configurable device pursuant to the user-specified configuration data.