Abstract:
A system, method, and program product is provided that deploys an operating system. The first computer system sends a Wake-on-LAN instruction and boots each of the second computer systems. The second computer system identifies a set of third computer identifiers that corresponds to each of the selected second computer systems. The second computer systems send the Wake-on-LAN instruction to each of the third computer systems, and the third computer systems are booted over the computer network from the second computer systems. A control file lists the first computer system as a "server" of the second computer systems and lists the second computer systems as "servers" of the third computer systems. The control file is transmitted from a server to each of the server's clients. When a client is booted, it checks the control file to determine if the client is also a server to other computer systems.
Abstract:
A method for creating electronic receipts comprises creating a receipt 110 on a first computer, embedding the receipt in an E-Mail and transmitting it to a second computer where it is received 120 and processed by program and the data posted to a money manager program or file 180. The first computer preferably comprises a cash register interface connected to a bus which may have one or more cash registers and card readers attached. In a second embodiment the receipt may be created using a web enable form (Figs 5 and 7). The electronic receipt is preferably embedded as a MIME or S/MIME data type and preferably contains at least one of the following pieces of information; originator, destination Merchant ID, payee, payment method and tax information. The electronic receipt may be detected 135 by a plug-in on the second computer. Preferably, an acknowledgment E-Mail 145 will be sent by the second computer on receipt of the electronic receipt.