System and method for determining messages on a server as relating to at least one functional component of a client system
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1. A system comprising:
- a client system including a plurality of functional components; and
an agent executing in said client system for accessing a server and determining if any messages identified as relating to at least one of said plurality of functional components are available, wherein if a message identified as relating to at least one of said plurality of functional components is available, said agent causing such message to be output.
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In at least one embodiment, a system comprises a client system including a plurality of functional components. The system further comprises an agent executing in the client system for accessing a server and determining if any messages identified as relating to at least one of the plurality of functional components are available, wherein if a message identified as relating to at least one of the plurality of functional components is available, the agent causing such message to be output.
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48 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
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a client system including a plurality of functional components; and
an agent executing in said client system for accessing a server and determining if any messages identified as relating to at least one of said plurality of functional components are available, wherein if a message identified as relating to at least one of said plurality of functional components is available, said agent causing such message to be output. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A system comprising:
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a client system that is at least temporarily communicatively coupled via a communication network to a server system, wherein said client system comprises at least one firmware component; and
an agent executing on the client system for determining from information on said server system if any updates are available for the at least one firmware component. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. Computer-executable software code stored to a computer-readable media, the computer-executable software code comprising:
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code for accessing a server system and determining if any updates are available for firmware that is present on a client system; and
code for outputting notification on the client system that an update is available for the firmware, if determined that an update is available for the firmware. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33)
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34. A method comprising:
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storing a message to a server system;
associating information with the message identifying at least one component that is to trigger presentation of the message;
determining, by an agent on a client system, from the information if any messages are available that are identified as being triggered for a component present on the client system. - View Dependent Claims (35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41)
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42. A method comprising:
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an agent on a client system accessing information on a server system;
determining, by said agent, from said information, whether an update is available for firmware on the client system; and
if determined that an update is available for firmware on the client system, said agent causing notification of said update to be output on the client system. - View Dependent Claims (43)
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44. A client system comprising:
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a plurality of functional means;
means for accessing update information on a server system;
means for determining from the update information whether an update is available for any of the functional means of the client system; and
means for providing notification on the client system of an update determined to be available for any of the functional means of the client system. - View Dependent Claims (45)
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46. A method for distributing messages to a plurality of clients to whom the messages relate, said method comprising:
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storing the messages on a server;
associating a trigger criteria with each message, wherein the trigger criteria identifies at least one functional component to which the message relates; and
distributing an agent to the plurality of clients, wherein the agent is operable to periodically access the server and determine any messages for which the agent'"'"'s respective client possesses the at least one functional component as specified by the message'"'"'s associated triggering criteria. - View Dependent Claims (47, 48)
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