Patent ID: 7610364
Filing Date: 2009-10-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer readable medium storing computer readable instructions for controlling operations of a specific computing system, said computer readable medium storing computer-executable instructions for: retrieving a base configuration file, wherein the base configuration file defines common configuration attributes for a group of users; retrieving a primary aspect configuration file, wherein the primary aspect configuration file defines common configuration attributes for at least two users within the group of users; retrieving a secondary aspect configuration file, wherein the secondary aspect configuration file defines configuration attributes for one of the at least two users within the group of users; overwriting configuration attributes in the base configuration file with configuration attributes in the primary aspect configuration file; overwriting configuration attributes in the base configuration file with configuration attributes in the secondary aspect configuration file; generating a session configuration file by saving the updated base configuration file as a session configuration file; and configuring a specific computing system for operation during a particular operating session based on the session configuration file.