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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2015
Filed:
Jan. 31, 2008
Kevin Kuan Wang, Seattle, WA (US);
Cameron Dee Stillion, Redmond, WA (US);
Vijaysundar R. Srirangam, Redmond, WA (US);
Edward Wu, Bellevue, WA (US);
David Paul Harris Gorbet, Seattle, WA (US);
Kevin Kuan Wang, Seattle, WA (US);
Cameron Dee Stillion, Redmond, WA (US);
Vijaysundar R. Srirangam, Redmond, WA (US);
Edward Wu, Bellevue, WA (US);
David Paul Harris Gorbet, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
This description provides tools related to layered architectures for remote dynamic administration of distributed client configurations. These tools provide methods that may include subscribing to have online configuration services remotely manage applications installed on client systems. The methods may also include receiving dynamically-updated lists from the online configuration services, with these lists including the installed applications. The methods may also receive configuration payloads that specify how to configure the installed applications, and may configure the installed applications based on these configuration payloads. The methods may also present user interfaces on the client systems, with the user interfaces including the configured applications. The tools also provide methods that may include receiving subscription information from the customer sites, with the subscription information indicating that the customer sites have subscribed to the online configuration services. The methods may also include sending the dynamically-updated lists and the configuration payloads to the customer sites.