Management System for Local and Remote Services

• US 20090055751A1
• Filed: 08/24/2007
• Published: 02/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing LLC (Microsoft Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Microsoft Corporation
• Inventors: Arora, Mithun, Hoover, Jonathan A., Kean, Kevin, Fitzgerald, Paul, DePue, Adam
• Application Number:
  US11/844,808
• Publication Number:
  US 20090055751A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/740
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications

Abstract

A management system for a computer service may have a single set of interfaces through which a local or remote version of the service may be administered. The management system may include a discovery system that determines if a service is provided through a local or remote host and uses the appropriate routines or connections to perform each administrative task. The management system may include a single set of console interfaces, wizards or sequential interactive interfaces, dialog boxes, or other user interface mechanisms that may be used to control a local or remote version of a service.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a user interface adapted to receive input to perform an action on a service;

a first interface to a local version of said service;

a second interface to a remote version of said service;

a discovery system adapted to determine a service location, said service location being a local service or a remote service; and

a service connection adapted to use either said first interface or said second interface based on said service location to perform said action.

2. The system of claim 1, said local service being a service provided via a local area network.

3. The system of claim 1, said remote service being a service provided via a wide area network.

4. The system of claim 3, said remote service having a web based interface.

5. The system of claim 1, said discovery system being further adapted to determine said service location through analyzing a configuration file.

6. The system of claim 1, said discovery system being further adapted to determine said service location through analyzing a registry.

7. The system of claim 1, said remote service comprising at least one of a group composed of:

a file management system;

an email systems;

an update management system;

an email filtering system;

a shared database; and

an application.

8. The system of claim 1, said discovery system further adapted to determine that a first portion of said service is provided through said first interface and a second portion of said service is provided through said second interface.

9. A method comprising:

displaying a user interface;

receiving a request for an action on a service through said user interface;

determining a host for said service, said host being either a local host or remote host;

connecting to said host; and

sending communication to said host to perform said action.

10. The method of claim 9, said user interface comprising at least one of a group composed of:

a console display;

a dialog box; and

a wizard.

11. The method of claim 9, said local host being a service provided via a local area network.

12. The method of claim 9, said remote service being a service provided via a wide area network.

13. The method of claim 12, said remote service having a web based interface.

14. The method of claim 9, said determining a host for said service being performed by analyzing a configuration file.

15. The method of claim 9, said determining a host for said service being performed by analyzing a registry.

16. The method of claim 9, said remote service comprising at least one of a group composed of:

a shared file system;

an email systems;

an update management system;

an email filtering system;

a shared database; and

an application.

17. A computer readable medium comprising computer executable instructions adapted to perform the method of claim 9.

18. A system comprising:

a user interface adapted to receive input to perform an action on a service;

a first interface to a local portion of said service;

a second interface to a remote portion of said service;

a discovery system adapted to determine a service location, said service location being a local server or a remote server; and

a dispatcher adapted to use either said first interface or said second interface based on said service location to perform at least a portion of said action.

19. The system of claim 18, said remote service comprising at least one of a group composed of:

a shared file system;

an email systems;

an update management system;

an email filtering system;

a shared database; and

an application.

20. The system of claim 18, said user interface comprising at least one of a group composed of:

a console display;

a dialog box; and

a wizard.