Event detection and message transmission apparatus, systems, and methods

• US 20040078694A1
• Filed: 10/21/2002
• Published: 04/22/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Sfaelos, Jimmy, Lester, Samuel M.
• Application Number:
  US10/274,737
• Publication Number:
  US 20040078694A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/39
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0681 Configuration of triggering conditions
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning

Abstract

An apparatus and system include an event detection module for location within a resource to detect a plurality of named events associated with the resource including a selected event; a message transmission module to transmit a message to an address, wherein the message includes the address, the selected event, and a plurality of status conditions associated with the resource, and a storage module to store the message. An article includes instructions causing a machine to execute a method including storing an address associated with a selected event in a nonvolatile memory included in a resource, wherein the selected event is associated with a condition of the resource; detecting the selected event; transmitting a message to the address at a time, wherein the message includes the address, the selected event, and the time; and storing the message in the nonvolatile memory.

Claims

1. An apparatus, comprising:

an event detection module for location within a resource to detect a plurality of named events associated with the resource including a selected event;

a message transmission module to transmit a message to an address, wherein the message includes the address, the selected event, and a plurality of status conditions associated with the resource; and

a storage module to store the message.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the storage module comprises a first-in, first-out (FIFO) memory device.

3. The apparatus of claim 2, wherein the storage module comprises a nonvolatile memory device.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the message includes a time at which the message is sent to the address.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plurality of status conditions comprises an alert content manifest.

6. A system, comprising:

a resource capable of being coupled to a network; and

an apparatus operatively coupled to the resource, the apparatus including an event detection module for location within the resource to detect a plurality of named events associated with the resource including a selected event, a message transmission module to transmit a message to an address, wherein the message includes the address, the selected event, and a plurality of status conditions associated with the resource, and a storage module to store the message.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein the address includes at least one destination address formatted according to a simple mail transfer protocol or a uniform resource identifier.

8. The system of claim 6, wherein the resource comprises an input device.

9. The system of claim 6, wherein the resource comprises an output device.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the output device comprises a printing mechanism.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the selected event includes at least one indication of a hardware fault, a software fault, a paper jam, a toner cartridge low, a toner cartridge out, a stapler low, a stapler out, a paper tray low, or a paper tray empty.

12. A method, comprising:

detecting a selected event included in a plurality of named events associated with a resource;

transmitting a first message to a first address at a first time, wherein the message includes the first address, the selected event, the first time, and a plurality of status conditions associated with the resource; and

storing the first message in a nonvolatile memory included in the resource.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

examining the first message stored in the nonvolatile memory.

14. The method of claim 13, further comprising:

sending a query to the resource requesting the first message stored in the nonvolatile memory; and

receiving the first message stored in the nonvolatile memory.

15. The method of claim 12, further comprising:

storing a selected number of messages in the nonvolatile memory.

16. The method of claim 12, wherein the first message includes a second address, further comprising:

transmitting a second message to the second address at a second time, wherein the second message includes the first address, the second address, the selected event, the second time, and the plurality of status conditions associated with the resource; and

storing the second message in the nonvolatile memory included in the resource.

17. An article comprising a machine-accessible medium having associated data, wherein the data, when accessed, results in a machine performing:

storing an address associated with a selected event in a nonvolatile memory included in a resource, wherein the selected event is associated with a condition of the resource;

detecting the selected event;

transmitting a message to the address at a time, wherein the message includes the address, the selected event, and the time; and

storing the message in the nonvolatile memory.

18. The article of claim 17, wherein the machine-accessible medium further includes data, which when accessed by the machine, results in the machine performing:

clearing the nonvolatile memory.

19. The article of claim 17, wherein the message includes an alert content manifest having at least one of a supplies alert, a service alert, a media path alert, or an advisory alert.

20. The article of claim 19, wherein the message is stored in the nonvolatile memory according to a time sequence.

21. An apparatus, comprising:

means for detecting an event associated with a condition of a resource, wherein the means for detecting an event is located within the resource;

means for transmitting a message including the event, the address, and a time the message is transmitted to the address at the time; and

means for storing the message.

22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the means for transmitting the message includes a carrier wave.

23. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the condition of the resource includes a consumables condition associated with a paper supply.

24. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the condition of the resource includes a consumables condition associated with a toner supply.

25. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the means for storing comprises a first memory to store the address, and a second memory to store the message.