Configuring computer network operations based upon a sequence of interactive user entries into a network server computer with a one time entry of data commonly required by multiple clients

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6209031
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09118210

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A network of a server and a plurality of client computers for small businesses which is easy to install, configure and operate and still provides all of the users in the business with the same transparent access to all of their allocated software resources through a same graphical user interface irrespective of which one of the client computers in the network they may sign onto. The operating systems and the application programs to be used on the client computers are loaded on the server. The users have been prompted for the one time input of data required by the server computer to allocate an operating system and application programs for use by each of a plurality of users on each of the plurality of client computers. Responsive to the log on of one of the plurality of users on any one of the client computers, there is distributed to the logged on client computer the operating system and application programs allocated for use by the user through substantially the same graphical user interface irrespective of which client computer the user signs onto. Since the client computers have little or no storage facilities, there are means in the server computer for storing and tracking the above prompted for data entries.

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  • INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Casey, Walter William Austin, TX 3 82
Dean, Jeffrey Randell Austin, TX 13 380
Howard, Jeffrey Langdon Austin, TX 7 236
Rodriguez, Ingrid Milagros Austin, TX 13 327

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