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System using internet electronic mail for communicating status of a monitored device to a monitoring device

  • US 6,928,493 B2
  • Filed: 03/19/2002
  • Issued: 08/09/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for communicating between a monitored device and a monitoring device, comprising:

  • determining information to be transmitted by the monitored device to the monitoring device, the monitored device being from a group consisting of a printer, a facsimile machine, a facsimile server, a scanner, a copier, a metering system, and a vending machine, the information including a status of the monitored device determined using sensors within the monitored device; and

    transmitting the information through electronic mail to the monitoring device from the monitored device using an Internet e-mail protocol.

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