Remote maintenance system and data processing system using electronic mail
First Claim
1. A remote maintenance system for remotely configuring and maintaining target equipment, comprising:
- said target equipment to be remotely maintained; and
a command unit for sending an email containing a command to said target equipment through the Internet, wherein said target equipment executes said command contained in said email received by said target equipment, so that said target equipment is configured and maintained.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a remote maintenance system that eliminates the need for reconfiguring the network environment.
In addition, the present invention is intended to solve the problem that the response of equipment becomes slower due to a delay in the timing for receiving emails when they arrive at higher frequencies since the interval of checking for arrival of any email addressed to the equipment itself is relatively long.
The remote maintenance system for remotely configuring and maintaining target equipment comprises the target equipment to be remotely maintained and a command unit for sending emails containing commands to the target equipment through the Internet, wherein the target equipment executes a command contained in an email, so that the target equipment is configured and maintained.
The remote maintenance system is designed so that when an email addressed to the target equipment arrives, the interval of checking for incoming emails is automatically shortened for a given period of time. In addition, if another email has arrived when the checking for incoming emails is performed at the shorter interval, the above-mentioned period of time is prolonged. As a result, it is possible to speed up the response of the target equipment and avoid imposing excess load on the mail server, or the like.
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1. A remote maintenance system for remotely configuring and maintaining target equipment, comprising:
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said target equipment to be remotely maintained; and
a command unit for sending an email containing a command to said target equipment through the Internet, wherein said target equipment executes said command contained in said email received by said target equipment, so that said target equipment is configured and maintained. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26)
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18. An email-based data processing system, comprising:
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a data processing unit; and
a mail server connected to said data processing unit, wherein said data processing unit performs checking for incoming emails at a specified interval by querying said mail server for arrival of any email addressed to said data processing unit itself.
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