Communication device
First Claim
1. A communication device comprising:
- an instruction information processing unit for executing a prescribed processing according to instruction information received from an exterior;
a mail transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting and receiving an email to and from other communication device with use of a prescribed email protocol; and
an information converting unit for retrieving said instruction information for rendering said instruction information processing unit execute said prescribed processing from said email, for outputting said instruction information to said instruction information processing unit, and for converting response information from said instruction information processing unit into a return email to said other communication device, wherein said mail transmitting and receiving unit transmits, to said other communication device, said return email outputted from said information converting unit.
1 Assignment
0 Petitions
Accused Products
Abstract
To enable communication in accordance with a RPC thorough a firewall in using email, the server-side communication device has a mail transmitting and receiving unit and an information converting unit for retrieving instruction information from an email received with the mail transmitting and receiving unit, for outputting the instruction information to a RPC server, for converting response information corresponding to the instruction information into a return email to a client-side communication device 7, in which the mail transmitting and receiving unit transmits the return email output with the information converting unit to the client-side communication device. On the other hand, the client-side communication device has a mail transmitting and receiving unit and an information converting unit for outputting the email to the mail transmitting and receiving unit after converting the instruction information transmitted to the server-side communication device into the email, for retrieving the response information corresponding to the instruction information from the received email, for outputting the response information to a RPC client unit, in which the mail transmitting and receiving unit transmits the email output with the information converting unit to the server-side communication device.
18 Citations
15 Claims
-
1. A communication device comprising:
-
an instruction information processing unit for executing a prescribed processing according to instruction information received from an exterior;
a mail transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting and receiving an email to and from other communication device with use of a prescribed email protocol; and
an information converting unit for retrieving said instruction information for rendering said instruction information processing unit execute said prescribed processing from said email, for outputting said instruction information to said instruction information processing unit, and for converting response information from said instruction information processing unit into a return email to said other communication device, wherein said mail transmitting and receiving unit transmits, to said other communication device, said return email outputted from said information converting unit. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5)
-
-
2. A communication device comprising:
-
an RPC (Remoter Procedure Call) server unit for processing communication according to an RPC protocol;
a mail transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting and receiving an email to and from other communication device with use of a prescribed email protocol; and
an information converting unit for retrieving said instruction information for rendering said RPC server unit execute said prescribed processing from said email, for outputting said instruction information to said RPC server unit, and for converting response information from said RPC server unit into a return email to said other communication device, wherein said mail transmitting and receiving unit transmits, to said other communication device, said return email outputted from said information converting unit. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
-
-
9. A communication device comprising:
-
a response information processing unit for executing a prescribed processing according to response information received from an outside;
a mail transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting and receiving an email to and from other communication device with use of a prescribed email protocol; and
an information converting unit for outputting said email upon converting into an email instruction information to be transmitted to said other communication device, for retrieving said response information transmitted from said other communication device from said email received with said mail transmitting and receiving unit, and for outputting said response information to said response information processing unit, wherein said mail transmitting and receiving unit transmits said email outputted from said information converting unit to said other communication device. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12)
-
-
10. A communication device comprising:
-
a RPC (Remote Procedure Call) client unit for processing communication according to a RPC protocol;
a mail transmitting and receiving unit for transmitting and receiving an email to and from other communication device;
an information converting unit for outputting said email upon converting instruction information to be transmitted to said other communication device into said email, for retrieving response information transmitted from said other communication device from said email received at said mail transmitting and receiving unit, and for outputting said response information to said RPC client unit, wherein said mail transmitting and receiving unit transmits said email out of said information converting unit to said other communication device. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15)
-
Specification