Patent ID: 9544196
Date: 2017-01-10
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A method for determining a status of advertised system management server packages at a client device, comprising: receiving a request for a determination of the status from a user at the client device at an interface application executing on the client device separately from a system management server client application executing on the client device; and performing operations as follows responsive to the request without further input from the user: identifying a plurality of system management server packages that have been advertised to the client device and determining an installation status of the plurality of system management server packages by querying log files generated by the system management server client application using the interface application, wherein querying log files includes using a query to extract data from contents of the log files reflecting the installation status of respective ones of the plurality of system management server packages and wherein the query is generated without user input; generating a graphical user interface that lists the plurality of system management server packages and provides a visual indication of the installation status of the plurality of system management server packages; and displaying the graphical user interface to the user on a display of the client device.