Patent ID: 7065768

Claim:
A computer implemented method for helping application operations by establishing script monitoring availability and enabling external control by a user in handling scripts and which utilizes any script which supports a Component Object Model (COM) interface, said method comprising the steps of: (a) creating a Script Monitor Object to enable the registry of scripts; (b) determining whether a selected script should be awakened; (c) determining whether said selected script is registered; (d) awakening said selected script, if registered; (e) accessing a Script Monitor Service, which registers said selected script in a list of scripts; (f) transmitting said registered script to a Script Utility Object, which supports various functionalities for said registered script, wherein said functionalities include the steps of: (f1) enabling said selected script to sleep; (f2) awakening said selected script; (f3) registering and unregistering said selected script; (f4) setting of time intervals for the awakening of said selected script. (f5) enabling steps (f1), (f2), (f3), (f4) to operate via external control by said user.