RETRIEVING DATA FROM A SERVER

• US 20070198661A1
• Filed: 02/21/2007
• Published: 08/23/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/22/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PTC Inc.
• Original Assignee: Axeda (PTC Inc.)
• Inventors: Hansen, James
• Granted Patent: US 7,937,370 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/95 Retrieval from the web
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 707/99931 Database or file accessing

Abstract

A system includes a server and a controller embedded in a device. Both the server and the embedded controller are capable of communicating over a computer network. The embedded controller sends a command to the server over the computer network that identifies an instance of the device. In response, the server identifies the instance of the device based on the command, retrieves data that is specific to the instance of the device, and send the data to the embedded controller over the computer network.

Claims

1. A method performed by a controller embedded in a device for retrieving data from a server, comprising:

sending a command to the server that identifies an instance of the device; and

receiving, from the server and in response to command, data that is specific to the instance of the device.

2-61. -61. (canceled)