SOFTWARE APPLICATION CONTROL WITH FLEXIBLE ACTIVATION AND DEACTIVATION OF APPLICATION FEATURES

摘要

The invention provides a system and method to fully or partially control accessibilities of features for software applications in computer terminals over a computer network. The system can be used to schedule a period for implementing the control to a specific group of users or nodes. The access control can be performed in real-time within the Internet or intranet environment. The system provides a control agent for defining and broadcasting instructions for the control, and a client agent residing in the computer terminals for listening to the broadcasted message. The client agent executes the instructions to control accessibilities of software applications in the computer terminals.