Method and system for communications with remote embedded applications
First Claim
1. A communications system comprising a computer network server which is arranged to communicate simultaneously with a plurality of remote computers;
- and a remote embedded application having a controller which is arranged to communicate with said computer network server via a modem at said remote embedded application, such that file transfer sessions are carried out between said computer network server and said remote embedded application;
wherein said controller is programmed, upon installation of the controller, to establish communication via said modem with a central registration database that is separate from said computer network server and to register with said central registration database, in order to transfer data files from said database to said remote embedded application in order to apply a customised configuration to said controller upon installation of the controller, including setting up and configuring said controller for subsequent file transfer sessions with said computer network server.
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Abstract
A vending machine module (12) is pre-programmed with a unique serial number. It is also programmed to dial up and connect to a specific registration database when first installed and powered up in the vending machine (1) which is one example of a remote embedded application. When the vending machine module (12) dials up the registration database for the first time, the registration database identifies the specific module (12) by means of its unique serial number, and then programs the module (12) with all of its relevant customised configuration—such as, for example, Telnet and PTP passwords, PTP Public Encryption Keys, telephone numbers for local ISP access (local telephone rates), customer name, customised web pages, new user configuration, subsequent database IP addresses, etc. Having been programmed with all of this data, the vending machine (12) is then ready to dial up an ISP server (2) over the Internet, for file transfer sessions. Thus, the vending machine module (12) requires only minimal programming. Many similar almost exactly the same information, each differing only in its own, unique serial number.
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20 Claims
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1. A communications system comprising a computer network server which is arranged to communicate simultaneously with a plurality of remote computers;
- and a remote embedded application having a controller which is arranged to communicate with said computer network server via a modem at said remote embedded application, such that file transfer sessions are carried out between said computer network server and said remote embedded application;
wherein said controller is programmed, upon installation of the controller, to establish communication via said modem with a central registration database that is separate from said computer network server and to register with said central registration database, in order to transfer data files from said database to said remote embedded application in order to apply a customised configuration to said controller upon installation of the controller, including setting up and configuring said controller for subsequent file transfer sessions with said computer network server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 20)
- and a remote embedded application having a controller which is arranged to communicate with said computer network server via a modem at said remote embedded application, such that file transfer sessions are carried out between said computer network server and said remote embedded application;
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19. A method of communication between a computer network server, which is arranged to communicate simultaneously with a plurality of remote computers, and a remote embedded application, having a controller which is arranged to communicate with said computer network server via a modem at said remote embedded application, such that file transfer sessions are carried out between said computer network server and said remote embedded application, wherein, upon installation of said controller, said controller establishes communication via said modem with a central registration database that is separate from said computer network server and registers with said central registration database, and data files are transferred from said database to said remote embedded application in order to apply a customised configuration to said controller upon installation of the controller, including setting up and configuring said controller for subsequent file transfer sessions with said computer network server.
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