Patent Document ID: 20090217025
Application ID: 12418930
Patent Status: 0

Claim One:
1. A computing system aiding in maintenance functions of a remote computing device, the remote computing device coupled to a network and running under a first boot image, the computing system comprising: a download director, communicatively coupled to a user interface of the computing system, that controls a download of a maintenance boot image to the remote computing device via the network; a first reboot director that initiates a first reboot process of the remote computing device to reboot the remote computing device with the maintenance boot image; a monitoring director that monitors the remote computing device for an occurrence of a predetermined event associated with the maintenance boot image being run by the remote computing device to perform a maintenance function on the remote computing device; and a second reboot director that initiates a second reboot process of the remote computing device to reboot the remote computing device using the first boot image upon the occurrence of the predetermined event, wherein the predetermined event is a signal from the remote computing device indicating that function of an operational mode associated with the maintenance boot image has been completed.