Patent ID: 8042169

Claim:
A method for providing remote management of at least one computer system on a private network from a remote computer outside said private network, wherein said private network and said remote computer are connected through a computer communications network, said method comprising the steps of: a. a Proxy Server, outside said private network and connected to said computer communications network, receiving and maintaining a connection request from said remote computer; b. an Onsite Manager on said private network prompting said Proxy Server for said connection request; c. said Proxy Server, once prompted, sending said connection request to said Onsite Manager; d. said Onsite Manager, after receiving said connection request, sending an instruction to said at least one computer system to initiate a remote management session to said Proxy Server; e. said at least one computer system, after receiving said instruction, initiating said remote management session to said Proxy Server; f. said Proxy Server bridging said remote management session between said at least one computer system and said remote computer.