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Method and apparatus for monitoring remote devices through a local monitoring station and communicating with a central station supporting multiple manufacturers

  • US 7,519,729 B2
  • Filed: 05/31/2002
  • Issued: 04/14/2009
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/27/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A computer-implemented method of monitoring a device communicatively coupled to a monitoring computer via a network, the method comprising:

  • determining, by the monitoring computer, if the monitoring computer is able to communicate with said device by attempting to access the device using an address obtained from a first digital repository;

    accessing said device to attempt to obtain first device information indicating that the device was provided by a system-supported vendor using information stored in a second digital repository, if the determining step determines that the monitoring computer is able to communicate with said device;

    accessing said device to attempt to obtain second device information indicating that the model of the device is a system-supported model using the information stored in the second digital repository, if the monitoring computer obtained the first device information indicating that the device was provided by a system-supported vendor;

    obtaining, from the second digital repository, first information necessary to obtain status information for all devices having addresses stored in the first digital repository;

    obtaining, from the second digital repository, second information necessary to obtain status information for all devices provided by the system-supported vendor of the device, if the first device information was obtained from the device;

    obtaining, from the second digital repository, third information necessary to obtain status information for devices of the system-supported model of the device, if the second device information was obtained from the device;

    obtaining status information from the device using the first information;

    obtaining status information from the device using the second information, if the first device information was obtained from the device; and

    obtaining status information from the device using the third information, if the second device information was obtained from the device.

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