Remote maintenance system, mail connect confirmation method, mail connect confirmation program and mail transmission environment diagnosis program
First Claim
1. A remote maintenance system to report fault information to a maintenance center by an electronic mail through the internet when a fault is detected by a surveillance unit mounted in a user device, wherein the user device is provided with a connect confirmation unit to prepare and transmit connect confirmation mails of a plurality of patterns different in mail content, and wherein the maintenance center is provided with a diagnosis unit to diagnose the mail transmission environment of the user device from reception result of one or a plurality of connect confirmation mails received from the user device within a fixed period of time and transmit a diagnosis result to the user device or an arbitrary address by an electronic mail.
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Abstract
When a fault is detected by a surveillance agent mounted in a user device, fault information is reported to a maintenance center device by an electronic mail through an internet. The user device is provided with a connect confirmation unit to prepare and transmit connect confirmation mails of a plurality of patterns different in mail content, and the maintenance center device is provided with a diagnosis unit, which diagnose a mail transmission environment of the user device from the reception result of one or a plurality of connect confirmation mails received within a fixed period of time and transmits a diagnosis result to the user device by the electronic mail.
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20 Claims
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1. A remote maintenance system to report fault information to a maintenance center by an electronic mail through the internet when a fault is detected by a surveillance unit mounted in a user device, wherein the user device is provided with a connect confirmation unit to prepare and transmit connect confirmation mails of a plurality of patterns different in mail content, and
wherein the maintenance center is provided with a diagnosis unit to diagnose the mail transmission environment of the user device from reception result of one or a plurality of connect confirmation mails received from the user device within a fixed period of time and transmit a diagnosis result to the user device or an arbitrary address by an electronic mail.
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11. A mail connect confirmation method of a remote maintenance system to report fault information to a maintenance center by an electronic mail through the internet when detecting a fault by a surveillance unit mounted in a user device, comprising:
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a connect confirmation step of preparing and transmitting connection firming mails of a plurality of patterns different in mail content from the user device; and
a diagnosing step of diagnosing the mail transmission environment of the user device from the receiving result of one or a plurality of connect confirmation mails received from the user device within a fixed period of time at the maintenance center and transmitting the diagnosis result to the user device or an arbitrary address by the electronic mail. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A computer-readable storage medium which stores a program, allowing a computer of a user device which reports fault information to a maintenance center by an electronic mail through the internet when detecting a fault to execute,
a connect confirmation step of preparing and transmitting connect confirmation mails of a plurality of patterns different in mail content from the user device to the maintenance center, and a diagnosis result reception step of receiving and displaying the diagnosis result of the mail transmission environment of the user device based on the reception result of the connect confirmation mail transmitted from the maintenance center.
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