Firmware/software upgrade alert method and apparatus
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorTravis J. Parry
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Abstract
A method and system for notifying a network administrator of any attempted or actual remote firmware upgrades, or software updates, occurring on a network device, particularly a printing device, wherein a network administrator may be informed of the remote firmware update by e-mail.
Claims19
A method for alerting a network administrator of a remote firmware upgrade request to a network device, comprising:
- receiving a remote firmware upgrade request at said network device;
- and
- sending an e-mail to an e-mail address associated with said network administrator for informing the network administrator of said request.
A method for monitoring printing device upgrade attempts, comprising:
- receiving an upgrade request;
- collecting information about said upgrade request;
- and
- e-mailing said information to an upgrade alert mailbox.
A method for monitoring printing device upgrade attempts, comprising:
- receiving a request to upgrade firmware or install software into a memory of a printing device;
- collecting information from said request, wherein said information is selected from the group consisting of the time of the request, the date of the request, a user identification associated with the request, and the origin of the request;
- composing an e-mail message with said collected information about said request;
- and
- sending said e-mail to an e-mail address for alerting an e-mail recipient of said request.
A system for sending an e-mail notification of a remote firmware upgrade request to a printing device, comprising:
- a printing device having firmware stored in a memory thereof;
- an embedded web-server incorporated with said printing device;
- and
- a computer program resident in a memory of said printing device for sending an e-mail to an e-mail address upon receipt of a remote firmware upgrade request by said printing device.
A computer program for providing an alert to an upgrade request of a printing device, comprising a computer program for detecting an upgrade request, composing an e-mail, and sending said e-mail as an alert to a detected upgrade request.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.