Patent ID: 6622170
Filing Date: 2003-09-16
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
A method for accessing information stored in a server directory in a client-server computer system comprising a server and a plurality of client devices connected by a computer network, the method comprising the steps of:selecting an existing configuration from a list of configurations stored in the server directory; replicating the existing configuration under a new branch of the server directory; editing the replicated configuration to create a new configuration; determining if an existing active configuration for a client device should be changed to the new configuration; selecting the new configuration from the server directory; changing the status of the active configuration for the client device to inactive in the server directory; changing the status of the selected configuration for the client device to active in the server directory; changing a configuration path name in the client device to the selected configuration; and resetting the configuration path name in the client device to a previously active configuration if the selected configuration is determined to be defective.