Patent ID: 7865539

Claim:
An apparatus having embedded computer functions for controlling operation of a device, the apparatus comprising: a communication connection for receiving a first file, wherein the first file is an XML file; a storage for storing the first file; wherein the first file is stored in the storage and includes contents of one or more files arranged in a nested manner in accordance with a portrayed file directory structure within the first file itself for addressing contents of the first file in a hierarchical manner; wherein the portrayed file directory structure operates as a file directory structure for the apparatus without using a separate descriptor file to define the file directory structure or a separate local file directory structure on the apparatus; wherein the portrayed file directory structure in the first file comprises: characteristic start symbols and characteristic end symbols to represent each hierarchy levels, wherein the symbols comprise representations of one or more directories, representations of one or more corresponding subdirectories nested therein, and representations of one or more files nested in one or more directories or subdirectories, in a manner representative of a physical hierarchical file directory structure, and wherein the contents of each file in the portrayed file directory structure are stored between the respective characteristic symbols for each file, thereby allowing directories, subdirectories, and files to be directly addressable by means of the respective characteristic symbols, said portrayed file directory structure enabling the apparatus to operate as a web server with hierarchical addressing, thereby enabling remote access to control or change operation of the device.