Patent ID: 7480941

Claim:
A method for performing one or more maintenance tasks on a remotely located computer connected to a server computer via a data network, the method comprising: communicating with a remotely located computer to form a logical connection with a server computer; delivering a script-based maintenance software package to the remotely located computer across the logical connection, the script-based maintenance software package being encapsulated within a markup language communication unit deliverable across the logical connection, the script-based maintenance software package comprising scripts for performing one or more maintenance tasks on the remotely located computer; and executing the scripts of the script-based maintenance software package via a network browser for performing the one or more maintenance tasks on the remotely located computer via the network browser; wherein the operation of communicating includes a registering operation, the registering operation comprising: downloading a web page located on the server computer using the network browser; entering an identifier and a secure password on the web page; and selecting an option presented on the web page to send the identifier and the secure password to the server computer; wherein the operation of delivering the script-based maintenance software package is enabled only if a user has provided a valid identifier and a valid password.