Patent ID: 8335821

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving a communication from a server device executing a second application, the communication being otherwise unrelated to client telemetry data, but into which a management command was inserted at the server device, wherein (a) the management command defines an activity with respect to reporting of client telemetry data based on which an inserting operation is to be performed, and (b) the management command is extracted from the communication; receiving a message, from a first application, intended to be communicated to the second application via a network, the message being otherwise unrelated to client telemetry data; inserting client telemetry data collected at a client device executing the first application into a portion of the message, wherein inserting the client telemetry data comprises inserting an indication into the message to indicate a presence of the client telemetry data; and providing for communication of the message to the server device executing the second application.