Patent ID: 8806360

Claim:
A method of computing resource management, comprising: maintaining plural sessions for managing plural computing resources using an administration console; maintaining a management user interface on an electronic display screen of the administration console, the management user interface comprising plural visual tabbed user interface elements, wherein each user interface element corresponds to a session for remotely managing a computing resource via a communication link, wherein managing a computing resource comprises monitoring and controlling the computing resource, wherein controlling the computing resource comprises sending control information to the computing resource; dynamically refreshing the status of each computing resource in a corresponding user interface element tab in the management user interface based on a visible portion of the display screen; monitoring user interaction with a user interface element based on user input; based on the user interaction with a user interface element, displaying a panel on the display screen for the user managing the corresponding computing resource; and selectively transmitting a quantity of refresh information for a user interface element from a management server to the administration console for display in the user interface element, wherein the quantity of refresh information transmitted is a function of display status for the corresponding computing resource on the administration console, wherein the refresh information comprises status information for the corresponding computing resource, wherein the display status comprises one of a thumbnail and a window.