System and Method for Management of End User Computing Devices

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-05-22
PERSYSTENT TECH CORP
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Repairs and maintenance consume valuable resources, including time, office resources, and human resources.
Alternative means for implementing repairs on computer systems, other than allocating technicians to the repair system, are often difficult to implement, costly and potentially destructive to user data.
Moreover, known software-based techniques for providing maintenance and repairs typically require the target operating system to be functioning, which may be impossible if, as is

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[0012] Preferred embodiments of the invention is described below and schematically illustrated in the drawings. The description and drawings are only for the purpose of illustration and as an aid to understanding the invention. The description and drawings provided herein are not intended as a definition of the limits of the invention.

[0013] The preferred embodiment of the invention is an intelligent desktop management solution, which is hereinafter referred to as “IDMS”). IDMS provides a simple, transparent, and non-disruptive approach to user support.

[0014] IDMS delivers the following functions. First, IDMS recovers client computers which have crashed. The client computers could crash due to a number of reasons. For example, client computers could crash due to operating system failure, application crashes, or crashes due to viruses or hacking. To recover his system, all a user needs to do is reboot his computer. IDMS takes care of the repair and does it automatically and transpa...

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Abstract

A system and method is provided for the repair of operating system and application binary files and configuration data files at pre-operating system boot stage by comparing attributes of the files against a reference collection of such files stored on a server during each reboot or restart cycle while creating and restoring a collection of dynamic operating system binary files, configuration data files, file system structures and hardware system attributes unique to the configuration and use of the system on a server for subsequent pre-operating system repair operations.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] This application is a divisional application of co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. 10 / 290,240, filed Nov. 8, 2002, which claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60 / 331,192, filed Nov. 9, 2001, both of which are incorporated by reference in their entirety.FIELD OF INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates generally to systems and methods for providing improved maintenance of computing systems. More particularly, the present invention relates to a system and method for providing improved support and maintenance functions for end user computer systems. BACKGROUND OF INVENTION [0003] There are many tasks associated with managing a computer system. Such tasks are required regardless of whether the computer system is a network of interconnected computers or a standalone computing system. Moreover, such tasks are required regardless of whether the computer system includes equipment associated with remote and ...

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IPC IPC(8): G06F17/30
CPCG06F17/30067G06F16/10
Inventor GRABOWSKI, JOSEPH D.PATEL, DHAVALSTURGEON, THOMAS A.
Owner PERSYSTENT TECH CORP
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