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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 25, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 30, 2004
Steve A. Deluca, Woodinville, WA (US);
David A. Bishop, Redmond, WA (US);
Paul B. Darcy, Redmond, WA (US);
Steve A. DeLuca, Woodinville, WA (US);
David A. Bishop, Redmond, WA (US);
Paul B. Darcy, Redmond, WA (US);
Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A method and system is provided for implementing a variety of polling agent functions in a client management tool. Users at a central manager are prompted to select either a central polling function or a resident polling function for the collection of client management data from a number of computer objects. Additionally, the polling agent functions of the present invention are capable of distinguishing between critical data and non-critical data and determining an appropriate transmission interval for the data.