System, method, and medium for configuring client computers to operate disconnected from a server computer while using a master instance of the operating system
US8346886B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 8, 2004 |
| Grant date | Jan 1, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 22, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F9/44505
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A computer system comprises a server. The server, in turn, comprises one or more master instances of an operating system (OS). The OS comprises a set of computer program files to operate a computer. The server also includes a version-managing program maintaining the one or more master operating systems. The computer system also includes a number of client computers each of which is configured to operate using one of the one or more master operating systems as read-only files.
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