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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 18, 2012
Dan A. Knudson, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
James J. Simmons, Carnation, WA (US);
Siddharth Bhai, Kirkland, WA (US);
Dan A. Knudson, Clyde Hill, WA (US);
James J. Simmons, Carnation, WA (US);
Siddharth Bhai, Kirkland, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
Described is a technology by which a target machine (managed device) is provisioned with arbitrary states for subsequent communication with a central authority, in which the configuration provisioning of the device is decoupled from the collection of the provisioning data. In a provisioning phase, arbitrary state information for provisioning the managed device is obtained and packaged in a container. In a configuration phase, the container is accessed, and the arbitrary state information is unpackaged to apply state to the managed device. The target machine thus may be provisioned with arbitrary states without actively communicating with the central authority.