PRIMITIVE FUNCTIONS FOR USE IN REMOTE COMPUTER MANAGEMENT

摘要

The invention facilitates remote management of a computer via a network. Remote computer management capability can be expanded beyond that previously available through the addition of one or more new primitive functions that can be performed on a managed computer.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer readable storage memory encoded with one or more computer programs being executed to cause a processor to perform:
performing one or more primitive functions via agent software installed on a managed computer; transmitting, from a remote computer management server to the managed computer, a dynamically loaded library (DLL) including one or more sets of instructions that, when implemented by the agent software, produce functionality not enabled by the agent software at the time the DLL is transmitted to the managed computer, the functionality performed by the DLL comprising:
transmitting device identification information to the remote computer management server indicating existence of at least one device connected to the managed computer;receiving at the managed computer another DLL comprising additional commands instructing the agent software to perform management actions responsive to the identification information transmitted, the additional commands identifying a communication protocol to be used by the agent software when communicating with the at least one device; andtransmitting from the managed computer to the remote computer management server a result of the performance of the management action.