Patent ID: 6209031
Filing Date: 2001-03-27
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A computer network comprising at least one server computer and a plurality of client computers enabling a user to access substantially the same interface on any one of said client computers comprising:means for storing on said server computer the operating systems and the application programs to be used on said client computers,means in said server computer for interactively prompting through a display interface for the one time input of a sequence of data entries 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 said plurality of client computers based upon the respective computing needs of each of said users,means in said server computer for tracking said data entries, andmeans responsive to the logon of one of said plurality of users on any one of said client computers for distributing to said logged on client computer the operating system and application programs allocated for use a by said user.