MINIMIZED INSTALLATION OF POINT OF PRESENCE SOFTWARE AGENTS BY USE OF PRE-INSTALLED BROWSER

摘要

A multi-device data processing machine system includes a plurality of network-connected cliental servers and an SaaS server that is configured to download by way of the network to the cliental servers of web pages having browser-executable code, the browser-executable code being configured to automatically repeatedly monitor performance attributes of respective ones of the cliental servers and to automatically repeatedly report on results of the monitoring to an SaaS provider associated with the SaaS server. When their corresponding web pages are downloaded into the respective cliental servers, their browser-executable codes function as Point of Presence (POP) agents. Installation of POP agents is reduced to downloading of webpages by way of pre-installed browsers.

主权项

1. A machine-implemented, remote monitoring method comprising:
automatically causing a continuous running in a to-be-monitored first server having a pre-installed first operating system, of a pre-installed first browser that is configured for cooperative interaction with the installed first operating system; automatically causing the continuously running first browser to request from a remote and pre-specified SaaS provider, download of at least one web page containing browser-executable code that is executable by the first browser and can access hardware resources within a domain of the first operating system, the browser-executable code being configured to automatically repeatedly monitor one or more operational attributes of the to-be-monitored first server and to automatically repeatedly report to the remote pre-specified SaaS provider on the results of the monitoring of the first server; and automatically causing a verifying that the requested at least one web page has successfully downloaded into the first server, and if yes activating the browser-executable code of the at least one web page so as to thereby initiate the corresponding automatically repeated monitoring of the one or more operational attributes of the first server and the corresponding automatically repeated reporting to the remote pre-specified SaaS provider on the results of the monitoring.