Patent ID: 7254624

Claim:
A system for use in a network having at least one server and at least one specific computing system, wherein the system comprises: a storage element for storing a plurality of configuration files, said storage element comprising: at least one base configuration file having configuration attributes common to computing systems in the network; and a plurality of aspect configuration files each having at least one configuration attribute that is specific to a specific computing system in the network; and a processing element in communication with said storage element, the at least one server and the at least one computing system for controlling operations of the at least one specific computing system, wherein said processing element: generates a session configuration file by: opening the base configuration file; and updating configuration attributes contained in the base configuration file with configuration attributes contained in the plurality of aspect configuration files, wherein the configuration attributes in the base configuration file are updated with the plurality of aspect configuration files in a predetermined sequence; and saving the updated base configuration file as a session configuration file, and wherein said processing element controls the specific computing system based on the session configuration file.