公开(公告)号：US20020055991A1

公开(公告)日：2002-05-09

申请号：US09863753

申请日：2001-05-22

Applicant: APPLE COMPUTER, INC.

Inventor： Yan Arrouye ,  John Comiskey ,  Christopher Nebel ,  Richard Ford ,  Michel Guittet ,  Alice Li

IPC: G06F015/177

CPC classification number: H04L41/0843 ,  G06F9/44505 ,  G06F9/44526 ,  G06F9/45512 ,  H04L41/0856 ,  Y10S707/99942 ,  Y10S707/99943 ,  Y10S707/99945

Abstract: A method and apparatus for configuring a computer. One embodiment of the invention combines all of the prior art control panels related to networking into a consolidated Network Setup Control Panel. In addition, the invention provides for computer configuration by scripting. The configuration may be for a type of system setting or for network configurations and protocols. Through scripting, a computer may be configured locally or remotely on a network. One embodiment of the invention provides for a centralized database or Configuration Library consisting of collected data relating to available configuration settings. This database is not limited to configuration information and can be used as a general database containing information the user desires to store. To modify a configuration by scripting, the invention provides for a Scripting Interface consisting of a Scripting Server and Scripting Plug-In. The Scripting Server receives the script forwarded from a user or network administrator, parses the script and determines the appropriate Scripting Plug-In to forward the desired action to. The Scripting Plug-In receives the commands and executes the appropriate actions to modify the configuration as directed.

Abstract translation: 一种用于配置计算机的方法和装置。 本发明的一个实施例将与网络有关的所有现有技术控制面板组合到综合网络设置控制面板中。 此外，本发明通过脚本来提供计算机配置。 配置可能是一种系统设置或网络配置和协议。 通过脚本，可以在网络上本地或远程配置计算机。 本发明的一个实施例提供了一个集中式数据库或配置库，其中包含与可用配置设置有关的收集数据。 此数据库不限于配置信息，可用作包含用户希望存储的信息的一般数据库。 要通过脚本修改配置，本发明提供了由脚本服务器和脚本插件组成的脚本接口。 脚本服务器接收从用户或网络管理员转发的脚本，解析脚本并确定适当的脚本插件以将所需的操作转发到。 脚本插件接收命令并执行适当的操作以按照指示修改配置。