Patent ID: 6694371
Filing Date: 2004-02-17
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
A communication interface device for delivering control information to a communication object machine via a communication network connected coupled between the communication object machine and a management device that issues the control information for selectably operating the communication object machine, and for delivering monitoring information to the management device via the communication network, the communication interface device comprising:a socket server for receiving the control information from the management device in a TCP/IP communications protocol, converting the control information into a serial communications protocol and propagating the control information in serial communications protocol to the communication object machines, and in response to a request for connection from the management device, said socket server communicates the request for connection to the communication object machine using a serial communications protocol, receives the monitoring information in serial communications protocol converts the monitoring information into a TCP/IP communications protocol, and propagates the monitoring information in TCP/IP communications protocol to the management device; and a WWW server coupled to the communication network, there being provided a nonvolatile memory connected to said WWW server, the nonvolatile memory being connected to said WWW server and having stored therein application data corresponding to an application program to be transferred to the management device by said WWW server via the communication network in accordance with a client program stored in the management device for execution on the client program; wherein the request for connection by the management device to the communication object machine is responsive to the application data.