REMOTELY MANAGED DEVICE

• US 20120259979A1
• Filed: 06/15/2012
• Published: 10/11/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
• Inventors: OKAYAMA, Masataka
• Granted Patent: US 8,706,870 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/40013 Details regarding a bus controller
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/082 the condition being updates or upgrades of network functionality
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 43/0817 by checking functioning

Abstract

A remote management server creates a data set-up instruction telegram to be sent to a remotely managed device. A control program extracts the data set-up instruction from the telegram, and outputs same to a communication control bundle. The communication control bundle outputs the data set-up instruction to a basic data management bundle. The basic data management bundle, based on the data set-up instruction, fetches the data to be set in the remotely managed device, and determines whether this data is basic data or extended data. If the data is basic data, the basic data management bundle executes this data set-up process. If the data is extended data, an extended data management bundle executes the data set-up process.

Claims

1. A remotely managed device, the status of which is monitored via a communication network from a remote location, the device comprising:

a data/instruction storage unit that stores previously provided data and an instruction related to this data;

a data/instruction checking unit, which, in a case where new data and an instruction related to this data have been sent from the remote location via the communication network, checks whether or not the newly sent data and instruction match the data and instruction stored in the data/instruction storage unit; and

a processing operation execution unit, which, in a case where a result of the check by the data/instruction checking unit has confirmed that the newly sent data and instruction match the stored data and instruction, executes a prescribed processing operation based on the newly sent data and instruction.