Verification scheme for email message containing information about remotely monitored devices
First Claim
1. A method of monitoring over a network a monitored device by a monitoring device using Internet electronic mail, the method, comprising:
- receiving an electronic mail message;
extracting from a header of the electronic mail message validation information;
determining, based on the validation information, whether the electronic mail message includes device information of the monitored device;
extracting from the electronic mail message the device information, when the determining step determines that the electronic mail message includes the device information; and
storing the extracted device information in a memory.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to sending control or monitoring information between two hardware devices utilizing email. Control information relating to either a first hardware device or a second hardware device is determined. This information is incorporated into an email message. Directing information for directing the control information is incorporated into the email message. Two hardware devices can then operate cooperatively over different remote networks. These networks only need to be compatible in the ability to exchange email for communication to persist between the two hardware devices. The control information and/or the directing information can be encrypted. The control information and/or the directing information can be encoded. In embodiments of the present invention the encoding map is encrypted.
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27 Claims
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1. A method of monitoring over a network a monitored device by a monitoring device using Internet electronic mail, the method, comprising:
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receiving an electronic mail message;
extracting from a header of the electronic mail message validation information;
determining, based on the validation information, whether the electronic mail message includes device information of the monitored device;
extracting from the electronic mail message the device information, when the determining step determines that the electronic mail message includes the device information; and
storing the extracted device information in a memory. - View Dependent Claims (2, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 26)
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3. (canceled)
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12. A monitoring device for monitoring over a network a monitored device using Internet electronic mail, the monitoring device configured to:
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receive an electronic mail message;
extract from a header of the electronic mail message validation information;
determine, based on the validation information, whether the electronic mail message includes device information of the monitored device;
extract from the electronic message the device information, when the monitoring device determines that the electronic mail message includes the device information; and
store the extracted device information in a memory. - View Dependent Claims (13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 27)
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14. (canceled)
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23. A monitoring device for monitoring over a network a monitored device using Internet electronic mail, the monitoring device comprising:
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means for receiving an electronic mail message;
means for extracting from a header of the electronic mail message validation information;
means for determining, based on the validation information, whether the electronic mail message includes device information of the monitored device;
means for extracting from the electronic message the device information, when the means for determining determines that the electronic mail message includes the device information; and
means for storing the extracted device information in a memory.
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24. A computer program product embodied on one or more storage media, the computer program product causing a computer to perform the steps of:
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receiving an electronic mail message;
extracting from a header of the electronic mail message validation information;
determining, based on the validation information, whether the electronic mail message includes device information of the monitored device;
extracting from the electronic message the device information, when the determining step determines that the electronic mail message includes the device information; and
storing the extracted device information in a memory.
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25. (canceled)
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