Patent ID: 7379982
Filing Date: 2008-05-27
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. One or more computer-readable media having computer-executable instructions embodied thereon for performing a method of transmitting a customized operating system image for transmission to a remote client, comprising: receiving a request from the remote client to generate an operating system image, wherein the request from the remote client includes hardware profile data for the remote client; determining whether an operating system image that matches the hardware profile data is stored in an operating system image store; if an operating system that matches the hardware profiled data is found, retrieving the customized operating system image from the operating system image store; if an operating system that matches the hardware profiled data is not found, determining whether an operating system image that nearly matches the hardware profile data has already been built; if an operating system that nearly matches the hardware profile data is found, modifying the nearly matching operating system to build the customized operating system that matches the hardware profile data; if an operating system that nearly matches the hardware profile data is not found, building the customized operating system image from a product store that includes operating system elements; and transmitting the customized operating system image to the remote client.