[72982] in North American Network Operators' Group
Reporting the state of an apparatus to a remote computer patented
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Scott Whyte)
Wed Aug 4 19:19:23 2004
Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2004 16:18:29 -0700
From: Scott Whyte <swhyte@gmail.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Thought this was relevent to nanog readership..
Abstract
The state of an apparatus is reported to a remote computer using an
embedded device in the apparatus. The embedded device detects the
state, generates an electronic mail message that reports the state
using a self-describing computer language, and sends the electronic
mail message to the remote computer. The remote computer receives the
electronic mail message and extracts the state of the embedded device
from the message.
http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-Parser?Sect1=PTO1&Sect2=HITOFF&d=PALL&p=1&u=/netahtml/srchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l=50&s1=6,757,714.WKU.&OS=PN/6,757,714&RS=PN/6,757,714
Further, "Axeda has 11 additional patents pending in the United
States and 10 international patents pending covering other aspects of
the remote management of intelligent devices."
http://www.axeda.com/products/drm-technology/patented-technology.html
