Method and system for remote control of a local system

A system for remote control of a local system comprising:

• a. at least one control system having memory and a CPU for sending and receiving control information and instructions at a first location;
• b. at least one first software application for manipulating the control information sent and received by the control system resident in the memory;
• c. at least one remote computer system having a CPU and memory at a second location communicating over at least one communication path with the at least one control system at the first location;
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• d. at least one desktop bound software application for manipulating the control information sent and received by the control system accessed by the remote computer system over the at least one communication path resident in the memory of the remote computer system.

In a computer system having memory and a CPU for sending and receiving remote and local system information at a first location having at least one system for controlling a local system by at least one remote computer system having a CPU and memory at a second location, a computer-readable medium holding computer-executable instructions for performing a method comprising:

• a. causing the local system to gather local system information;
• b. transmitting the local system information over at least one communication path to an object container on the at least one remote computer system;
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• c. running a software application in the object container to manipulate the transmitted local system information.