US 12,288,082 B2
Automatic machine deployment and configuration
Sean Eren Maloney, Shasta Lake, CA (US); Jeffrey David Moore, Croton on Hudson, NY (US); and Joshua E Aaron, Allen, TX (US)
Assigned to Aiden Technologies, Inc., Plano, TX (US)
Filed by aiden technologies, Inc., McKinney, TX (US)
Filed on Jan. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/099,585.
Application 18/099,585 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/880,119, filed on Aug. 3, 2022, granted, now 12,032,939.
Application 18/099,585 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/931,441, filed on Jul. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,435,991, issued on Sep. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0161604 A1, May 25, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 9/445 (2018.01); G06F 8/61 (2018.01); G06F 8/65 (2018.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01)
CPC G06F 9/44505 (2013.01) [G06F 8/61 (2013.01); G06F 8/65 (2013.01); G06F 40/30 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer-implemented method for automated computer configuration for an organization, the method comprising:
providing a configuration tool on a computer;
accessing, by the configuration tool, a configuration file that includes configuration settings, wherein the configuration file is a plain text file that specifies computer configurations according to an information technology (IT) policy of the organization in a human-readable form and written as natural language sentences;
determining compliance of the computer with the IT policy for access to one or more computer systems remote to the computer;
selecting, by execution of the configuration tool, particular settings for the computer from the configuration settings based at least in part on the configuration file and the determination of compliance; and
automatically configuring the computer, by execution of the configuration tool, with particular software that is identified based on the particular settings.