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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jan. 09, 2018

Filed:

Jul. 06, 2015
Applicant:

Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);

Inventors:

Gregory Eugene Perkins, Boise, ID (US);

Curtis Reese, Boise, ID (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 9/00 (2006.01); H04L 29/06 (2006.01); H04L 12/26 (2006.01); H04L 12/58 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 63/029 (2013.01); H04L 41/026 (2013.01); H04L 41/08 (2013.01); H04L 43/0811 (2013.01); H04L 51/18 (2013.01); H04L 63/02 (2013.01); H04L 67/141 (2013.01); H04L 41/0213 (2013.01);
Abstract

A remote administrator device is provided outside a firewall that prevents remote devices from accessing, but allows remote devices to send electronic mail messages to a plurality of local network devices. The remote administrator device can send an electronic mail message to a respective one of the plurality of local network devices behind the firewall. The electronic mail message can include instructions for the respective local network device to establish a connection with the remote administrator device through the firewall. Once the connection is established, the remote administrator device can monitor state data received over the connection for the respective local network device.


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