Patent ID: 6721688
Filing Date: 2004-04-13
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
A method for monitoring software modules in a device hosting said modules together with a remotely accessible server and a plurality of stored data-gathering functions, wherein the server, on detecting receipt of a message from a remote user identifying a particular module and a function, causes that function to be applied to the module, obtains the data gathered by said function, and passes the gathered data to the remote user;wherein each data gathering function is assigned to a particular module or group of modules, each has a respective name stored in a table of functions in the device, and the obtaining of data by the remote user is directed by the sending of the respective name to the server, and the triggering of the associated function through the table, wherein running software calls functions using the table to locate program code stored outside the table for effecting execution of the functions.