Patent ID: 8938680
Filing Date: 2015-01-20
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A computing device comprising: a display; and a processor programmed to detect receipt of an e-mail from a management server for managing virtual machines and, in response to the detecting, to parse content included in the e-mail to identify a managed virtual machine and to generate an e-mail user interface (UI) on the display, wherein the UI includes a first region for displaying a message from the management server, and a second region for displaying a UI element that identifies the managed virtual machine and that, in response to a predetermined input made thereon, displays a menu of commands for causing a command server to generate instructions for controlling the identified virtual machine and generates a command to cause the command server to generate and send instructions for managing the identified virtual machine to the management server, and wherein the UI element is a hyperlink and the command is a uniform resource locator (URL) Query.