Patent ID: 6094659
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
Apparatus for a web server, operative in conjunction with a device, for use in indicating operational status information of the device, the apparatus comprising:a processor;a memory, connected to the processor, for storing executable instructions therein, the memory also storing code for a web page template and a corresponding code segment for each of a plurality of predefined web page components therein, wherein the code segments for each of said predefined web page components represents a corresponding predefined object for inclusion in a web page; andcommunication circuitry, connected to and controlled by the processor, for establishing a communicative connection to a host;wherein the processor, in response to the executable instructions, autonomously of user interaction with the host:detects an occurrence of an event, the event being related to an operating condition of the device;accesses, in response to the event so detected, status information provided by the device, wherein the status information specifies a particular operational error, failure or success condition then having occurred in the device or a present operational state of the device;generates code for a web page by:selecting, in responses to the status information and from amongst the plurality of web page components, at least one of the web page components, wherein the one component is defined by the status information; andinserting a corresponding code segment for the one web page component into the code for the web page template so as to define the code for the web page; andtransmits the code for the web page to the host for rendering the web page thereat so as to remotely depict the status of the device at the host.