Methods, devices and computer program products for providing device status information

• US 20070220104A1
• Filed: 03/16/2006
• Published: 09/20/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Eaton Power Quality Corporation (Eaton Corporation PLC.)
• Original Assignee: Eaton Power Quality Corporation (Eaton Corporation PLC.)
• Inventors: Young, Brian
• Application Number:
  US11/377,794
• Publication Number:
  US 20070220104A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/217
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/0253 using browsers or web-pages for accessing management information
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/025 for remote control or remote monitoring of applications

Abstract

Methods, devices and computer program products are provided for remotely obtaining status information associated with a network-enabled device. An information feed associated with status information of a target network-enabled device is selected and associated with a reader. The status information provided in the information feed of the target network-enabled device is received through the reader. Methods, devices and computer program products for providing status information of a network-enabled device are also provided herein.

Claims

1. A method of remotely obtaining status information associated with a network-enabled device, the method comprising:

selecting an information feed associated with status information of a target network-enabled device;

associating the information feed with a reader; and

receiving the status information provided in the information feed of the target network-enabled device through the reader.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the information feed comprises an identifier associated with the target network-enabled device, a location of the target network-enabled device and/or a summary of operation status of the target network-enabled device.

3. The method of claim 2, further comprising obtaining more detailed status information associated with the target-network-enabled device by selecting the summary of operation status.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein selecting the information feed comprises copying a link associated with the information feed and wherein associating further comprises pasting the copied link into the reader.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the target network-enabled device comprises an uninterruptible power supply (UPS).

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the reader is a really simple syndication (RSS) reader.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the information feed comprises text in an extensible markup language (XML) format.

8. A method of providing status information of a network-enabled device, the method comprising:

providing a link to an information feed associated with status information of the network-enabled device on a web page associated with the network-enabled device.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the information feed is provided in an extensible markup language (XML) format.

10. The method of claim 8, further comprising updating the information feed on the web page with summary information regarding a change in status of the network-enabled device.

11. The method of claim 8, wherein the information feed comprises an identifier associated with the target network-enabled device, a location of the target network-enabled device and a summary of the operation status of the target network-enabled device.

12. The method of claim 8, wherein the device comprises a uninterruptible power supply (UPS).

13. A network-enabled device configured to provide status information, the network-enabled device comprising a status information module configured to provide an information feed associated with the status information of the network-enabled device.

14. The network-enabled device of claim 13, wherein the status information module is further configured to provide a link to the information feed on a web page associated with the network-enabled device.

15. The network-enabled device of claim 14, wherein the status information is provided in an extensible markup language (XML) format.

16. The network-enabled device of claim 13, wherein the status information module is configured to allow users to subscribe to the information feed associated with the status information and periodically provide updated status information to the subscribers.

17. The network-enabled device of claim 16, wherein the subscribers are associated with a reader and wherein the status information module is configured to provide the status information through the reader.

18. The network-enabled device of claim 14, wherein the device comprises an uninterruptible power supply (UPS).

19. A computer program product configured to provide status information associated with a network-enabled device, the computer program product comprising:

computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied in said medium, the computer readable program code comprising;

computer readable program code configured to provide an information feed associated with the status information of the network-enabled device.

20. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the computer readable program code configured to provide further comprises computer readable program code configured to provide the information feed on a web page associated with the network-enabled device.

21. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the computer readable program code configured to provide is further configured to provide status information in an extensible markup language (XML) format.

22. The computer program product of claim 19, further comprising computer readable program code configured to allow users to subscribe to the information feed associated with the status information and periodically provide updated status information to the subscribers.

23. The computer program product of claim 22, wherein the subscribers are associated with a reader and wherein the computer readable program code configured to provide is further configured to provide the status information through the reader.

24. The computer program product of claim 19, wherein the device comprises an uninterruptible power supply (UPS).