Patent ID: 7788356
Filing Date: 2010-08-31
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A client computer for use in connection with a client computer system and a remote management machine, the client computer comprising: a client processor, in the client computer, operable to control the client computer, wherein the client computer is monitored by the remote management machine over a first communication path, the first communication path connecting the client computer with the remote management machine over a first network; and a computing component, that is a single board computer, in the client computer, having a remote management processor operable to selectively control the client computer, independently of the client processor, in response to instructions received over a second distinct communication path from the remote management machine, the second distinct communication path connecting the computing component with the remote management machine over a second network distinct from the first network, wherein the computing component is installed in a priority slot on a system bus of the client computer connecting the client processor and the computing component, the priority slot allows the computing component to assume control over the client computer, to monitor specific applications, or to access information stored on the client computer.