Patent ID: 9065801
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G06F,G07B,H04L

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling a mail processing machine using an external processing device comprising: providing to the external processing device, by a web server, access to a web application hosted by the web server via a web browser operating on the external processing device; receiving, by the web server from the external processing device, an operation request for an operation to be performed by the mail processing machine; storing, by the web server, a message including the operation request and an identification of the mail processing machine in a queue; receiving, by the web server via the network, a request from a network connectivity device coupled to a USB slave port of the mail processing machine and the network for any messages intended for the mail processing machine that are stored in the queue; providing, by the web server, the message stored in the queue to the network connectivity device; sending, by the network connectivity device, the message to the mail processing machine; and processing, by the mail processing machine, the message to perform the operation.