System image customization tool

摘要

A system image customization tool provides an efficient and cost effective way to implement a highly customizable system image for a digital device. The system image customization tool controls application installation, device settings, and selection, delivery methods and licensing options for products, applications and services with minimal or no customer interaction from the customer's first out of box experience with the device and through the lifecycle use of the device. The system image customization tool provides retailers, original equipment manufacturers and products, applications and services providers a way to create new distribution channels and partnerships.

主权项

1. An article of manufacture, comprising:
a non-transitory computer readable medium; and setup installer instructions stored on the medium that when executed by a processor coupled to a memory of a target system cause the processor to:
set an execution privilege for the target system to execute administrative tasks without security exceptions and prevent the target system from issuing user prompts during program installation;identify digital shelf offerings available from a digital shelf offering provider for installation on the target system;receive, from a user of the target system, a selection of a digital shelf offering from the digital shelf offerings and a designated location to communicate a digital shelf offering key;send to the digital shelf offering provider the offering selection of the selected digital shelf offering among the digital shelf offerings;retrieve, from the designated location, the digital shelf offering key for the selected digital shelf offering, wherein the digital shelf offering key is generated by the digital shelf offering provider based on the offering selection; andinitiate installation of the selected digital shelf offering without issuing user prompts during the installation.