Patent ID: 6266696
Filing Date: 2001-07-24
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A client system, for a personal computer network, which includes a network adapter with a transfer portion, adapted to be connected to the network that conditions signal packets provided in a predefined digital format received from a client side portion thereof to a form to be transmitted over such a network, which client system includes:auxiliary logic connected to transfer portion at the client side thereof, which creates packets according to the predefined digital format and applies them to said transfer portion for transmission over the network;a sensor interface included within said auxiliary logic for storing and maintaining a current state of each of a plurality of condition sensors; andsaid plurality of condition sensors connected to said sensor interface which are arranged in said client and supply to said auxiliary logic condition information regarding said client, whereby condition information stored in said sensor interface may be retrieved form said sensor interface and sent to such network by said auxiliary logic in conjunction with said adapter without intervention by the client system.