Method And System To Manage Services For Multiple Managed Computer Systems
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Abstract
A method to facilitate provision of services to a managed system (e.g., a PC, PDA, cell phone) includes causing installation of an agent application on the managed system, the agent application including an install component to install at least one of a plurality of service applications on the managed system. Each of the plurality of service applications is to facilitate provision of a service provided by a respective service provider of a number of service providers to the managed system. A service input (e.g., from an IT administrator) is received at the management system. The service input identifies a subset of a number of service applications to be installed on the managed system. The subset of service applications is distributed to the managed system for installation by the agent application on the managed system.
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50 Claims
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1-37. -37. (canceled)
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38. A method for managing plural managed computer systems, the method comprising:
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installing an agent in memory of each of the plural managed computer systems, the agent having an install component operable to install selected of plural service applications in the memory, each service application operable to facilitate a service provided by an associated of plural service providers; distributing selected of plural service applications from a management system to the plural managed computer systems; and executing the install component of the agent at each of the plural managed computer systems to install the selected of plural service applications in the memory. - View Dependent Claims (39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44)
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45. A system for managing plural computer systems, the system comprising:
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an agent distributed to each of the plural computer systems, the agent having an install component to install selected of plural service applications on the agent'"'"'s associated computer system; and a management system having a control component and a distribution component, the control component operable to receive a service input identifying a subset of the plural service applications to install on one or more of the plural computer systems, the distribution component operable to distribute the subset of plural service applications to the one or more of the plural computer systems for installation by the agent. - View Dependent Claims (46, 47, 48, 49, 50)
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