Remote hard copy apparatus control including firewall penetrating protocols
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1. A server for hard copy apparatus control comprising:
- means for connecting the apparatus to a network;
means for deciphering messages received via the means for connecting to determine if the message is a process type message or a request type message;
means for routing deciphered messages received via the means for deciphering such that process and request type messages are discriminatively routed; and
means for respectively receiving discriminatively routed messages; and
means for executing tasks corresponding to discriminatively routed messages a web server component having means for providing web-based clients with an HTML interface application compatible therewith and having means for thereafter communicating with each of the web based clients via the HTML interface application;
means for generating requested HTML pages dynamically from provided predetermined templates and current status information related to the hard copy apparatus in response to request type messages and means for processing web-based client input to the pages in response to process type messages.
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Abstract
A server implementation adapted for use with a computer peripheral having a plurality of reportable operational states. In an exemplary embodiment for a hard copy apparatus, both internet browser and electronic mail clients are provided with access to and control of the apparatus. Data filtering and handling are provided for discriminating specific data communications. Firewall penetrating protocols are provided.
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1. A server for hard copy apparatus control comprising:
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means for connecting the apparatus to a network;
means for deciphering messages received via the means for connecting to determine if the message is a process type message or a request type message;
means for routing deciphered messages received via the means for deciphering such that process and request type messages are discriminatively routed; and
means for respectively receiving discriminatively routed messages; and
means for executing tasks corresponding to discriminatively routed messages a web server component having means for providing web-based clients with an HTML interface application compatible therewith and having means for thereafter communicating with each of the web based clients via the HTML interface application;
means for generating requested HTML pages dynamically from provided predetermined templates and current status information related to the hard copy apparatus in response to request type messages and means for processing web-based client input to the pages in response to process type messages. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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