Managing a remote device by a communication element that does not specify an identifier for the management object
First Claim
1. A method of processing a communication element which is used for remote management of information in a data processing apparatus and which includes an informational content portion and an identification portion associated with the informational content portion, comprising:
- in response to the identification portion, using the informational content portion to produce an identifier; and
associating the identifier with information contained in the informational content portion.
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Abstract
A communication element used for remote management of information in a data processing apparatus includes an informational content portion and an identification portion associated with the informational content portion. During processing of the communication element, and in response to the identification portion, the informational content portion is used to produce an identifier to be associated with information contained in the informational content portion.
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1. A method of processing a communication element which is used for remote management of information in a data processing apparatus and which includes an informational content portion and an identification portion associated with the informational content portion, comprising:
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in response to the identification portion, using the informational content portion to produce an identifier; and
associating the identifier with information contained in the informational content portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method of producing a communication element used for remote management of data in a data processing apparatus, comprising:
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providing in the communication element an informational content portion; and
providing in the communication element an identification portion which is associated with the informational content portion and which signals to the data processing apparatus that the data processing apparatus is to use the informational content portion to produce an identifier for association with information contained in the informational content portion. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A data processing apparatus, comprising:
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an input for receiving from a source external to said data processing apparatus a communication element which is used for remote management of information in said data processing apparatus and which includes an informational content portion and an identification portion associated with the informational content portion; and
logic coupled to said input and responsive to the identification portion for using the informational content portion to produce an identifier, said logic also associating the identifier with information contained in the informational content portion. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17)
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18. An apparatus for producing a communication element used for remote management of data in an external data processing apparatus, comprising:
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an input that provides for the communication element an informational content portion and an identification portion which is associated with the informational content portion and which signals to the external data processing apparatus that the external data processing apparatus is to use the informational content portion to produce an identifier for association with information contained in the informational content portion; and
logic coupled to said input to provide the communication element containing therein the informational content portion and the identification portion. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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