Non-invasive networked-based customer support

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 6298457
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08953110

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Customer-service tasks are performed in a noninvasive manner by relying on automatic methods for (a) capturing the state of the operating domain and (b) automatically communicating this state as well as a description of the circumstances that lead to activation of the process to a remote service machine via an electronic network. Network-based customer-service for software support includes an automatic mechanism which initiates the product support process. This automatic mechanism may optionally be augmented by a manual mechanism for initiating the support process. The process captures the operating environment in sufficient detail so as to enable its re-creation in part or in whole on a separate machine. Archived data is transmitted to an off-site storage device, and when this data is received, notification is transmitted to customer-support personnel. The operating environment is re-created, and the customer-support person investigates the problem by executing the software product in the re-created environment.

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IBM CORPORATION1101 KITCHAWAN ROAD OFFICE 36-238C YORKTOWN HEIGHTS NY 10598

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Akkiraju, Rama Kalyani Tirumala Ossining, NY 5 159
Rachlin, John N Tarrytown, NY 1 90

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