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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 22, 1998
Filed:
Jun. 26, 1995
Lorraine F Barrett, Yorba Linda, CA (US);
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method of transmitting a message to a system administrator of a local area network (LAN) from a front panel of a peripheral device which is interfaced to the LAN via a network interface device having a storage device. A signal representing a message to the system administrator is input on the front panel of the peripheral device and is transmitted to a network interface device. The input signal is detected at the network interface device and, in response to the detection, destination information for messages to the system administrator is retrieved from the storage device. A notification packet is then formed which includes the retrieved destination information, identification information regarding the peripheral device, and the message represented by the input signal, and the notification packet is transmitted to the system administrator using the retrieved destination information.