The solution described herein provides an innovative use of remote
services technology integrated with service personnel onsite at the point
of service, such as a consumer repair outlet, to provide a pool of
technical support resources to service a widely distributed resource
need, such as support and repair resource needs of a chain of consumer
outlets or an aggregated group of single proprietor consumer outlets.
With this solution, qualified technical resources are provided from a
central location to service a widely distributed retail environment. This
is on-demand online remote support service is called or referred to as
"support from a spigot." The distribution method enables the delivery of
higher quality, more reliable and overall lower cost services. Instead of
requiring dedicated technical resources at each location, lower skilled
labor may be deployed at the location to enable the remote technical
support services process.