Patent ID: 7657607

Claim:
A passive server-to-client data delivery system comprising: means adapted for receiving, via an associated network, web service request data representative of at least one selected web service request from an associated workstation of the plurality thereof, the web service request data including identification data representative of an identity of the associated workstation; identifying means adapted for identifying the associated workstation in accordance with received identification data; selection means adapted for selecting delivery data corresponding to updated software or data for the associated workstation; storage means adapted for storing delivery data for installation on the associated workstation prior to receipt of the web service request; means adapted for generating response data responsive to the web service request; testing means adapted for testing received request data to identify delivery data targeted for the associated workstation; means adapted for supplementing the response data responsive to received web service request data with identified delivery data targeted for the associated workstation, which delivery data is unrelated to the web service request; and means adapted for communicating output data inclusive of the response data and the delivery data to the associated workstation for use in connection with a subsequent web service request.