Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Method and apparatus to obtain real-time status information from a networked device
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Application No.: US09956873Application Date: 2001-09-20
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Publication No.: US07020702B2Publication Date: 2006-03-28
- Inventor: Heather Laudan Clark , Mark Walter Fagan , Richard Francis Russell , Michael Ray Timperman , Jason Eric Waldeck , Charles Thomas Wolfe
- Applicant: Heather Laudan Clark , Mark Walter Fagan , Richard Francis Russell , Michael Ray Timperman , Jason Eric Waldeck , Charles Thomas Wolfe
- Applicant Address: US KY Lexington
- Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Lexmark International, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US KY Lexington
- Agent Ronald K. Aust
- Main IPC: G06F15/173
- IPC: G06F15/173
Abstract:
A method of obtaining information from a networked device is provided. The method includes the steps of defining a network; providing a network adapter communicatively connected to the network, the network adapter connected to the networked device; providing memory in the network adapter; updating information in the memory, wherein the information describes a status of the networked device; placing the information into a response frame; and sending the response frame in response to any command frame received by the network adapter.
Public/Granted literature
- US20030055957A1 Method and apparatus to obtain real-time status information from a networked device Public/Granted day:2003-03-20
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