Patent ID: 7761809

Claim:
A computer implemented method for displaying a targeted user interface of a managed application, the method comprising: displaying, in a user interface of a management application running on a management computer server, one or more tasks; receiving, via the user interface of the management application, a selection of a task from the one or more tasks; passing a user interface identifier obtained from a task template associated with the selected task to the managed application, wherein the user interface identifier identifies the targeted user interface of the managed application, wherein the targeted user interface is one of a plurality of graphical user interfaces provided by the managed application, and wherein the task template comprises the user interface identifier; passing a context identifier associated with the selected task to the managed application, wherein the context identifier identifies a context of the selected task, wherein the context identifier controls the content displayed in the targeted user interface, and wherein the context identifier supports at least the following types of context identifiers: a context identifier comprising a unique user identifier, wherein the unique user identifier is used to select information related to a specific user associated with the unique user identifier for display in the targeted user interface; and a context identifier comprising a unique computer identifier, wherein the unique computer identifier is used to select information related to a specific computer associated with the unique computer identifier for display in the targeted user interface; and displaying the targeted user interface of the managed application based on the task template associated with the selected task, wherein the targeted user interface of the managed application is displayed at the management computer server; wherein the managed application is running on a different computer server from the management computer server, wherein the management computer server and the different computer server are connected via a network, wherein the targeted user interface of the managed application is displayed remotely at the management computer server from the different computer server, and wherein the targeted user interface of the managed application is remotely displayed in a display at the management computer server.