Patent ID: 7457849

Claim:
A method of managing devices within a network having a device server coupled to a first side of a firewall from a web server coupled to a second side of the firewall, the web server also serving a user's web browser that is not within the network, comprising: issuing an HTTP request from the device server to a URL served by the web server to indicate that a device seeks service; changing content at a URL served by the web server in response to the indication that a device seeks service; issuing an HTTP request from the user's web browser to download the changed content indicating that service is requested; issuing an HTTP request from the user's web browser to indicate a command to the device; changing content at a URL served by the web server in response to the HTTP request indicating the command; issuing an HTTP request from the device server to download the changed content indicating the command to the device; interpreting the changed content indicating the command to the device; and commanding the device accordingly, whereby the device server downloads the changed content indicating the command to the device without receiving an HTTP request from the user's web browser.