Patent ID: 7574322

Claim:
A method comprising: collecting heuristic data from a plurality of client devices over a network, wherein: the heuristic data describes a plurality of health considerations that include reliability, performance and security of the plurality of client devices; and the collecting is performed periodically and automatically without intervention from users of the plurality of client devices; generating a remedy corresponding to an issue identified from the heuristic data regarding at least one said health consideration that cures the issue and addresses one or more other said health considerations indicated in the heuristic data, wherein the remedy is proactive for at least one said client device in that the issue has not resulted in a noticeable decrease in overall health of at least one said client device; determining an overall health of at least one said client device; and outputting a single indication of the overall health of the client device which does not include separate indications of one or more said health considerations, wherein the single indication is selectable to cause an output of one or more said separate indications of the one or more said health considerations.