Patent ID: 8290901
Filing Date: 2012-10-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method implemented in a computer-readable storage medium and executed by a computer to perform the method, comprising: authenticating a login resource for access to a network when the login resource logs into the network to access the network for starting up a local device of the login resource and for connecting the local device to the network; automatically accessing an attribute associated with the login resource when the login resource is authenticated, the attribute is automatically accessed by a generic script on the local device that is initiated once the login resource is authenticated; and communicating a mount specification over the network for a remote resource to an environment of the login resource, when the login resource is authenticated based on identifying information directly supplied by the login resource, the mount specification communicated to the login resource, the local device, and a local script of the local device, and the mount specification is identified by the attribute, and the remote resource is automatically and dynamically mounted within the environment of the login resource as part of the login of the login resource into the network and achieved when the login resource logs into the network, a mounting location for the remote resource varies depending upon a geographical location for the local device and a specific location for acquiring the mount specification for the resource is selected based on the geographical location and an identity for the local device, the remote resource is automatically and dynamically mounted without a request from the login resource being made and as part of the login, the attribute also identifies the remote resource and the mount specification, and the remote resource is managed, controlled, and distributed from a single location and changes to the remote resource occur dynamically without modifying information on the local device of the login resource, and selection of the attribute determined based on the identity of the local device of the login resource, the identity associated with the login resource, and sub-network Internet Protocol (IP) addresses associated with network hubs, servers, and routers, the IP addresses used by the login resource for communicating with processing of remote resource mounting.