Patent ID: 7624148

Claim:
A method of transferring generic data acquired at a remote location to a central database based on e-mail communication, the method comprising: (a) encapsulating the acquired data in an electronic mail message; (b) with a transfer device, sending the electronic mail through a public or private network to a central database server without use of gateway architecture by using an architecture for Internet communication software for embedded platforms, wherein the architecture for Internet communication software for embedded platforms is based on a network of software multiplexers and demultiplexers controlled by an integrated protocol engine; (c) extracting the data from the electronic mail message by the central database server; (d) storing the extracted data in the central database; (e) configuring the transfer device to receive another electronic mail message from a mailbox at the database server with POP3 protocol, wherein the other message contains configuration data; and (f) evaluating the other message and adjusting the locally stored configuration settings according to the other message, wherein the other message is communicated without use of a gateway architecture to the transfer device by using the architecture for Internet communication software for embedded platforms.