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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 28, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2001
Heather Laudan Clark, Lexington, KY (US);
Mark Walter Fagan, Lexington, KY (US);
Richard Francis Russell, Lexington, KY (US);
Michael Ray Timperman, Versailles, KY (US);
Jason Eric Waldeck, Lexington, KY (US);
Charles Thomas Wolfe, Lexington, KY (US);
Heather Laudan Clark, Lexington, KY (US);
Mark Walter Fagan, Lexington, KY (US);
Richard Francis Russell, Lexington, KY (US);
Michael Ray Timperman, Versailles, KY (US);
Jason Eric Waldeck, Lexington, KY (US);
Charles Thomas Wolfe, Lexington, KY (US);
Lexmark International, Inc., Lexington, KY (US);
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.