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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 01, 2013
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2010
Mark L. Kamenetsky, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Timothy J. Kusumi, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Adeline Pang, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott K. Pickett, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Uthayakumar Kumarasamy, San Jose, CA (US);
Dolores Seraphina Atemasov, San Francisco, CA (US);
Mark L. Kamenetsky, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Timothy J. Kusumi, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Adeline Pang, San Jose, CA (US);
Scott K. Pickett, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Uthayakumar Kumarasamy, San Jose, CA (US);
Dolores Seraphina Atemasov, San Francisco, CA (US);
Converged Data Solutions Inc., Marshall, TX (US);
Abstract
A method for providing a report database is disclosed. A server system coordinates management activities for a plurality of localized devices. An abstraction layer references the localized devices as 'locations' rather than physical equipment, which are distinct from an IP address. The server system communicates with an individual device of the plurality of localized devices via the abstraction layer to request software distribution information without requiring user initiation at the individual device. Communications between the server system and the individual device are performed using a protectable communications protocol that includes an atomic error handling capability to enable one or more transaction instructions to be reversed upon an error in one of the plurality of transaction instructions.