Patent ID: 7996477
Filing Date: 2011-08-09
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A system for document processing device operation monitoring comprising: a plurality of data networks, each data network including a plurality of document processing devices; each document processing device including a processor and associated data storage, the data storage including operational data corresponding to operational characteristics; a plurality of audit servers, at least one of the plurality of audit server in data communication with each of the plurality of document processing devices on the data network associated therewith, each of the at least one of the plurality of audit server operable to receive operational data from each document processing device; an output associated with each audit server operative to communicate operational data from each associated document processing device in a thin client language via attachment to an e-mail; a data server operable to receive e-mail from each audit server; a data parser associated with the data server operable to parse operational data from each e-mail received from each audit server; a database associated with the data server operable to store operational data parsed from e-mail received from each audit server; and a report generator operable to selectively generate device reports in accordance with the results of a query to the database.