Patent ID: 6681349
Filing Date: 2004-01-20
Classification: G03G,G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
A local monitor unit for transmitting status information indicating an operation state of a machine to be monitored to an integrated monitor unit through a computer network, said local monitor unit comprising:local information getting means for getting the status information from the machine via local computer network connected to the plurality of the machines; electric mail preparation means for converting the status information gotten by said local information getting means into a format of electronic mail to which an address of the integrated monitor unit is added; local information transmission means for sending electronic mail prepared by said electronic mail preparation means to a mail server of a global computer network; and machine information transmission means for sending machine information to register the machine in the integrated monitor unit into the integrated monitor unit via the global computer network; wherein the integrated monitor unit manages the status information of the machine monitored by the local monitor unit based on the machine information received via the global computer network.