A PRIVATE HTTP BASED SYSTEM FOR DIAGNOSIS, CONTROL AND MONITORING OF AN IMAGING SYSTEM CONTROLLER

• US 20040139190A1
• Filed: 01/15/2003
• Published: 07/15/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/15/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC (GE Healthcare Technologies, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: GE Medical Systems Global Technology Company LLC (GE Healthcare Technologies, Inc.)
• Inventors: Kreger, Kevin Scott, Wright, Thomas William, El-Demerdash, Mohamed, Chianese, Joseph James
• Application Number:
  US10/248,377
• Publication Number:
  US 20040139190A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 40/40 for the management of medical equipment or devices, e.g. scheduling maintenance or upgrades
• CPC Class Codes: G16Z 99/00 Subject matter not provided for in other main groups of this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/34 involving the movement of software or configuration parameters network booting or remote initial program loading [RIPL] G06F9/4416

Abstract

A local private network includes a chassis including a diskless, real-time based board including a memory. The memory downloads an executable program that runs in response to a form output, the memory further downloads a webserver. A host computer electrically coupled to the chassis through an Ethernet connection contains the form, the webserver, and the executable program.

Claims

1. A local private network comprising:

a chassis comprising a first diskless, real-time based board comprising a first memory,

said first memory adapted to download a first executable program adapted to run in response to a first form output, said first memory further adapted to download a first webserver; and

a host computer electrically coupled to said chassis, said host computer adapted to contain said first form output, said first webserver, and said first executable program.

2. The network of claim 1 wherein said chassis further comprises a second diskless real-time based board comprising a second memory;

and

said second memory adapted to download a second executable program adapted to run in response to a second form.

3. The network of claim 1 wherein said first webserver is adapted to run CGI executables.

4. The network of claim 3 wherein said CGI executables are embedded in said first memory.

5. The network of claim 1 wherein said first webserver is adapted to perform as a control and status interface.

6. The network of claim 1 wherein direct usage of said first webserver is limited to a local private network.

7. The network of claim 1 wherein said first webserver is used on a real-time component board of a medical imaging system.

8. The network of claim 1 wherein a HTML page used to access said first webserver is stored on said host computer.

9. The network of claim 1 wherein said first form output is run through operating a web browser locally or remotely.

10. A method for operating a HyperText Transfer Protocol based system including a real-time board comprising:

downloading a first webserver to the real-time board;

running said webserver as a task;

downloading a first executable program to the real-time board; and

running said first executable program in response to a form and a signal from said webserver.

11. The method of claim 10 wherein running said webserver as a task further comprises servicing a request to run a utility or diagnostic on the system.

12. A local private network comprising:

a chassis comprising a first diskless, real-time based board comprising a first memory, said chassis further comprising a second diskless real-time based board comprising a second memory;

said first memory adapted to download a first executable program adapted to run in response to a first form output, said first memory further adapted to download a first webserver;

said second memory adapted to download a second executable program adapted to run in response to a second form output, said first memory further adapted to download said first webserver; and

a host computer coupled to said chassis through an Ethernet connection, said host computer adapted to contain said first form output, said second form output, said first webserver, a mechanism to access said first webserver, said first executable program and said second executable program.

13. The network of claim 12 wherein said first webserver is adapted to run CGI executables embedded in said board memory.

14. The network of claim 12 wherein said first webserver is adapted to perform as a control and status interface.

15. The network of claim 12 wherein direct usage of said first webserver is limited to a local private network.

16. The network of claim 12 wherein said first webserver is used on a real-time component board of a medical imaging system.

17. The network of claim 12 wherein a HTML page used to access said first webserver is stored on said host computer.

18. The network of claim 12 wherein said first form output is run through operating a web browser locally or remotely.

19. The network of claim 18 wherein said mechanism to access said first webserver comprises at least one HTML page.

20. The network of claim 18 wherein said chassis is a component of an imaging system.