Client-server system with central application management and providing export agent capability for retrofitting existing hardware and applications into the system
US6108712A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 5, 1998 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 5, 2018 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/44505
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system with a network interconnecting a server and a plurality of user stations. The system provides a means whereby vendors of existing hardware and software can integrate the hardware or software into the environment of a centrally managed network computing system, without having to retrofit the hardware with new firmware or without having to redesign the existing software. An export service allows a system administrator to generate configuration files in the format that the existing hardware or software expects and to store the files at the server in a way that the existing hardware or software can access the files in the manner for which it is designed.
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