Patent Document ID: 7509400
Application ID: 10723120

Base Claim:
1. A system comprising: a computer communicatively coupled to a network device over a network, said computer operable to: display a document including text, where said text is editable and corresponds to a local copy of a configuration file for said network device, said text representing a plurality of objects, wherein said objects are different from one another and each control different functionality of said network device; receive a user input modifying a selected portion of said text that corresponds to one of said objects; send a first code component to said network device; receive a second code component from said network device in response to said sending said first code component; initiate an automatic completion of a user inputted command, wherein said first code component comprises a textual fragment of said user inputted command, wherein said second code component comprises a completed command in its entirety, and wherein said completed command in its entirety is added to said text; wherein said document is retrieved from said network device in response to a user request or written by a user; and exchange communications with said network device prior to receiving a subsequent user input that modifies a different portion of said text that corresponds to a different one of said objects, said communications for: dynamically modifying a remote copy of said configuration file that is stored on said network device without exchanging an entire copy of said configuration file between said computer and said network device; and generating incremental configuration changes in said network device.

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Claim 10:
10. The system of claim 1 further comprising: said computer to form a transport object; said computer to generate code indicating said modifications to said selected portion of said text; and said computer to dispose said transport object containing said code within a transport medium.