System and methods for remote maintenance in an electronic network with multiple clients

Abstract

A system for performing remote maintenance in an electronic network configured to serve a plurality of clients may comprise a client, a database, and a virtual machine. The client may include a plurality of processing resources. Each one of the plurality of processing resources may have a respective set of processing instructions stored on an respective associated computer readable memory. The database may include information correlating a list of processing resources with a respective set of processing instructions. The virtual machine may be operable to access the database and perform calculations simulating proposed combinations of processing resources and their respective set of processing instructions before approving a software update requested for the client.

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