Patent ID: 8364845

Claim:
A method for generating a configuration file for a thin client device, the method comprising the steps of: receiving a request for configuration information from the thin client device at a configuration server via a communications network, wherein the request for configuration information includes thin client information; generating a configuration file containing configuration information based on the thin client information; facilitating sending the configuration file from the configuration server to the thin client device via the communications network, wherein the configuration information contained in the configuration file is to configure the thin client device; receiving a request for a network address via the communications network; and facilitating sending an assigned network address and a location of the configuration server from an address server, wherein the generating the configuration file comprises using an application or script to dynamically construct the configuration file, after the request is received at the configuration server, based on the thin client information, wherein the request for configuration information is separate from the request for a network address received at the address server, wherein the address server and the configuration server are individual servers, wherein the request for a network address is allowed to be broadcast on the communications network, and wherein desired changes to thin client device configurations are to be made at the configuration server by modifying the application or script that generates the configuration file.