Appeal No. 2002-0867
Application No. 08/738,659
The Naugle patent describes a method for communicating between a monitored
device and a monitoring device, comprising the steps set forth by instant
(representative) claim 10.
Naugle describes, at column 2 of the reference, computers connected in a
network 37 (Fig. 1) using TCP/IP network protocol. At a predetermined time monitor
computer 11 sends a network verify command to a target computer 12 (Fig. 2). Next, a
test of the email capability of the target computer is performed to ensure that email
service in the target computer is operational. Col. 3, ll. 7-10. Naugle describes using
the “Sendmail” software package, which is standard in the “Unix-like” operating systems
of the respective computers. Id. at ll. 21-30.
Naugle further describes that, after the monitoring device (monitor computer 11)
receives an email reply message from the monitored device (target computer 12), the
monitor computer determines information to be sent via an email message to the target
computer. The monitor computer sends a message requesting status information (col.
4, ll. 9-35), and the target computer transmits to the monitor computer a message
containing the requested status information (col. 5, ll. 22-26). Status of the target
computer may be determined using sensors within the target -- e.g., sensors
determining disk space availability in the target (entries in table bridging cols. 3, 4 and 4,
5, and text at col. 5, ll. 35-42).
CONCLUSION
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