Patent ID: 7318084

Claim:
A communication device, comprising: means for transmitting and receiving an electronic mail message and HTTP request via a network; means for determining whether a demand for a device setting form-data has been received as the electronic mail message or the HTTP request; means for forming a device setting form-data described as a structured document containing device settings of the communication device to be remotely updated by a recipient, wherein the formed device setting form-data is configured to cause display on a recipient terminal of a plurality of entry fields for input of updated device settings, and containing means for the recipient to automatically return the structured document with the updated device settings input by the recipient into the entry fields to the communication device, transmitting the formed device setting form-data in accordance with the received electronic mail message or HTTP request from the means for transmitting and receiving, and updating the device settings of the communication device according to a responsive electronic mail message received by the means for transmitting and receiving and including the structured document containing the updated device settings input by the recipient; and means for embedding a present device setting data when forming the device setting form-data, the formed present device setting data being configured to cause display of the embedded present device setting data in the plurality of entry fields on the recipient terminal.