Patent ID: 7631109

Claim:
A method for optimizing network device settings for a computer connected to a computer network, the method comprising the steps of: scanning for network devices connected to the computer through the computer network; retrieving network device settings from the scanned network devices that are required for enablement of the scanned network devices to function; storing said network device settings into a database; analyzing said network device settings by comparing said device settings with other network device settings for at least one other network device stored in the database for interdependencies and conflicting settings, including checking for firewall settings and port settings; determining optimization settings of said network device settings by indicating elimination of said conflicting settings, wherein elimination of said conflicting settings involves changing firewall or port settings to unblock communication paths necessary for said network devices to operate; sending requests to change network device settings of said network device connected to the computer through the computer network to the optimized settings determined in the steps of determining optimization settings.