Patent ID: 7779092
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method to facilitate provision of services to a managed system, the method comprising: causing installation of an agent application on the managed system, the agent application including an inventory component; at a management system, receiving a service input from a control center, the service input identifying a service application to be installed on the managed system, the service application to facilitate a provision of a respective service provided by a respective service provider to the managed system; at the management system, receiving inventory information pertaining to the managed system from the inventory component of the agent application; storing the inventory information in a database associated with the management system, the database including inventory information pertaining to a plurality of managed systems; at the management system, using the inventory information, determining whether the managed system is qualified to receive the provision of the respective service facilitated by the service application; and at the management system, upon qualification of the managed system, providing the respective service facilitated by the service application to the managed system.