Methods and systems for report retrieval and presentation
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1. A report retrieval and presentation method, comprising:
- initiating by an agent of report subscription service by receiving and storing report subscriptions, referred to as first subscribed reports, provided by a reporting system from a first client computer;
storage of time setting by the agent;
automatic request for and retrieval by the agent of a first report of the first subscribed reports at the time indicated by the time setting according to the subscription; and
when a transmission condition in the time setting is satisfied, automatic transmission by the agent of the first report to the first client computer to enable presentation of the first report on the desktop of an operating system of the first client computer.
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A method for report retrieval and presentation. An agent receives and stores subscription and time setting for subscribed reports provided by a reporting system from a client computer. The agent automatically requests for and then receives a report of a subscribed report at the time indicated by the time setting. When the client computer completes boot up, a viewer directly presents the report on the desktop of the client computer without need for triggering by user action or authentication.
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1. A report retrieval and presentation method, comprising:
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initiating by an agent of report subscription service by receiving and storing report subscriptions, referred to as first subscribed reports, provided by a reporting system from a first client computer; storage of time setting by the agent; automatic request for and retrieval by the agent of a first report of the first subscribed reports at the time indicated by the time setting according to the subscription; and when a transmission condition in the time setting is satisfied, automatic transmission by the agent of the first report to the first client computer to enable presentation of the first report on the desktop of an operating system of the first client computer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A report retrieval and presentation method, implemented in a first client computer, comprising:
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initiating by an agent of report subscription service by receiving and storing report subscriptions, referred to as first subscribed reports, provided by a reporting system; storage of time setting by the agent; automatic request for and retrieval by the agent of a first report of the first subscribed reports at the time indicated by the time setting according to the subscription; and automatic presentation by a first viewer of the first report on the desktop of an operating system of the first client computer bypassing login process for retrieval of the first report. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A report retrieval and presentation system, comprising:
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an agent coupled to a first client computer, initiating report subscription service by receiving and storing report subscriptions, referred to as first subscribed reports, provided by a reporting system from the first client computer, storing time setting, automatically requesting for and retrieving a first report of the first subscribed reports at the time indicated by the time setting according to the subscription, and, when a transmission condition in the time setting is satisfied;
automatically transmitting the first report to the first client computer; anda viewer executed by the first client computer, and displaying the first report on the desktop of an operating system of the first client computer.
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