Patent ID: 6487717
Filing Date: 2002-11-26
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A method for modifying information used by a machine controller for a machine remote from a central site, the information including data and/or application software used by the machine controller to control the operation of the machine, said method including the steps of:from the central site, accessing the World Wide Web (WWW); from the central site, storing modification information in an intermediate digital file storage through the World Wide Web, the file storage being remote from both the central site and the remote machine; from the remote machine, accessing the WWW at a time independent of the access from the central site; from the remote machine, accessing the intermediate digital file storage through the WWW and downloading the modification information from the file storage; and modifying the information used by the machine controller in accordance with the modification information so that the machine controller controls the operation of the machine using the modification information.