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Automatically installing operating system specific to a detected network

US9038060B2 · kind B2 · utility

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19Claims

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Assignee

Nextbit Systems Inc.

Inventors

Michael A. Chan · San Francisco, US
Tom Moss · Los Altos, US
Justin Quan · San Francisco, US

Key dates

Filing date	Jan 17, 2014
Grant date	May 19, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 17, 2034

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04L67/34
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Technology disclosed herein includes a method for loading a network specific operating system (OS) onto a computing device depending on a specific network the computing device is connected to. The computing device can connect to multiple networks, e.g., different networks at different times or multiple networks simultaneously. When the computing device switches from a first network to a second network, an OS specific to the second network is automatically installed on the computing device. When the computing device connects to more than one network simultaneously policies may be defined to determine which specific OS distribution is to be installed on the computing device.

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