Method and system for configuring computing devices

US9686278B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Skyport Systems, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Robert Stephen Rodgers · Mountain View, US
• William N. Eatherton · San Jose, US
• Michael John Beesley · Atherton, US
• Stefan Dyckerhoff · Palo Alto, US
• Philippe Lacroute · Sunnyvale, US
• Edward Ronald Swierk · Mountain View, US
• Neil Vincent Geraghty · San Francisco, US
• Keith Eric Holleman · Campbell, US
• Thomas J. Giuli · Mountain View, US
• Srivatsan Rajagopal · Cupertino, US
• Paul Edward Fraley · Sunnyvale, US
• Vijay Krishnaji Tapaskar · Palo Alto, US
• Daniel Sergeevich Selifonov · Mountain View, US
• Keith Anthony Low · San Mateo, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 6, 2015
• Grant date: Jun 20, 2017
• Expiry date: Oct 29, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H04L63/168
• WIPO field: Digital communication
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A method and system for configuring computing devices. The method includes receiving, by a computing device, a first cache list object from a management service. The method also includes comparing the first cache list object to a second cache list object on the computing device, and based on the comparing, identifying a first object fingerprint that is present in the first cache list object and that is not present in the second cache list object. The method further includes obtaining, from a location that is external to the computing device, a first object corresponding to the first object fingerprint; and updating a configuration of the computing device using the first object.