Patent ID: 9137104
Filing Date: 2015-09-15
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A method of remotely communicating with a managed machine, the method comprising: selecting the managed machine operating in a communication network; transmitting a connection request message to the managed machine and establishing a secure connection between the managed machine and an administrator machine; responsive to connecting with the managed machine, executing a host service on the managed machine; transmitting an application information request message to the host service identifying an application service operating on the managed machine and specifying a session identifier; connecting to the host service over the communication network via an application client operating on the administrator machine; establishing a command prompt on the administrator machine via an administrative service and receiving a command via the command prompt; transmitting the command to the managed machine and executing the command on the managed machine via the host service responsive to the command being received in the command prompt on the administrator machine; responsive to transmitting the application information message, identifying the particular application service; executing an application service binary corresponding to the application service, the application service binary being configured to process the application information request message; forwarding a connected socket to the application service, and waiting for a request from other application clients; and transmitting to the application client an application information acknowledgment message to complete an initialization procedure.