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Remote notification of machine diagnostic information utilizing a unique email address identifying the sensor, the associated machine, and the associated machine condition

  • US 6,591,296 B1
  • Filed: 12/15/1999
  • Issued: 07/08/2003
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/15/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for notifying a remote location of a machine condition using a local computer system and a remote computer system communicating with each other, wherein the method comprises:

  • a) monitoring a machine with a plurality of sensors which each detect a predetermined machine condition;

    b) assigning a unique email address to each of the sensors, where the address identifies the sensor;

    c) automatically generating an email message after one of the sensors detects the predetermined machine condition, where the addressor of the message is the email address of the sensor detecting the condition and the address of the sensor includes information sufficient to identify the sensor and its associated machine;

    d) sending the email message to the remote computer system, and e) the remote computer system receiving the email message and determining that the predetermined condition has occurred at the monitored machine based on the email address of the received email message.

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