Patent ID: 8819146
Filing Date: 2014-08-26
Classification: G03G,G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for transferring information of printing devices from a first computer to a second computer, comprising: registering a destination address for Internet email into a first storage of the first computer, the first computer being communicatively coupled to the printing devices through an Intranet network, wherein the first computer and the printing devices are separate and distinct stand-alone devices communicatively coupled to each other through the Intranet network; obtaining, by the first computer, over the Intranet network using an application layer protocol and IP addresses of the printing devices, status information from the printing devices; storing, by the first computer, the status information into a second storage; querying the first storage to obtain the destination address for Internet email; formatting the status information into a standard format of Internet email using the destination address after retrieving and processing the status information from the second storage, for transmission using an Internet email protocol; creating, by the first computer, a communication link between the first computer and an SMTP server communicatively coupled to the first computer; sending the formatted status information to the registered destination address through the communication link to the SMTP server using the Internet email protocol, wherein retransmission attempts after failure of sending the formatted status information to the registered destination address occur automatically for a fixed period of time; and wherein the second computer is configured to obtain the formatted status information, wherein the second computer is communicatively coupled to the SMTP server through a second network.