Receiving data at a client computer and performing an operation on the data at the client computer based on information in the key file
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1. A method of receiving a transmission of data at a client computer and performing an operation on the data received at the client computer, the method comprising:
- a. receiving a key file at the client computer, the key file comprising a rule identifying the operation to be performed on the data received at the client computer;
b. receiving the data at the client computer when a processing load of the client computer is sufficiently low that the transmission will not affect the client computer'"'"'s processing; and
c. performing the operation identified by the rule in the key file on the data received at the client computer, wherein;
the data is an executable file;
the operation comprises storing the executable file in a startup folder of the client computer; and
any files in a startup folder of a respective one client computer of the at least one client computer are run when the respective client computer starts up.
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Abstract
A method of receiving data at a client computer and performing an operation on the received data is disclosed. The method comprises: receiving a key file having a rule identifying the operation to be performed on the data received at the client computer; receiving the data at the client computer; and performing the operation identified by the rule in the key file on the data received at the client computer.
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1. A method of receiving a transmission of data at a client computer and performing an operation on the data received at the client computer, the method comprising:
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a. receiving a key file at the client computer, the key file comprising a rule identifying the operation to be performed on the data received at the client computer; b. receiving the data at the client computer when a processing load of the client computer is sufficiently low that the transmission will not affect the client computer'"'"'s processing; and c. performing the operation identified by the rule in the key file on the data received at the client computer, wherein; the data is an executable file; the operation comprises storing the executable file in a startup folder of the client computer; and any files in a startup folder of a respective one client computer of the at least one client computer are run when the respective client computer starts up. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A method of transmitting data to at least one client computer, the method comprising:
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a. providing data to be transmitted to the at least one client computer; b. generating a key file comprising a rule identifying an operation to be performed on the data; c. transmitting the key file to the at least one client computer; and d. transmitting the data to the at least one client computer when a processing load of the client computer is sufficiently low that the transmitting will not affect the client computer'"'"'s processing, wherein; the data is an executable file; the operation comprises storing the executable file in a startup folder of the at least one client computer; and any files in a startup folder of a respective one client computer of the at least one client computer are run when the respective client computer starts up.
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