Patent ID: 7752671

Claim:
A device for internally questioning a plurality of computerized devices in an organization's network, said device comprising: a microprocessor coupled to a non-transitory computer-readable medium encoded with a computer program, wherein the microprocessor is programmed to: receive data specifying the plurality of computerized devices to be questioned; receive data indicating which one or more questioning subjects are to be questioned within the plurality of computerized devices, at least one of the questioning subjects is associated with one or more specific locations within a computerized device; invoke and configure a plurality of threads of a remote access process running locally within the device to remotely question in parallel and without using agents a plurality of the specified computerized devices according to respective questioning subjects; process results received in response to the questioning of one or more of the specified plurality of computerized devices, and generate a report corresponding to the results; compare one or more results relating to actual data found as part of the questioning of one or more of the specified plurality of computerized devices against predefined data; and execute one or more predefined actions or procedures based on one or more of the received results.