Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer network managing – Computer network monitoring
Reexamination Certificate
2006-03-14
2006-03-14
Follansbee, John (Department: 2154)
Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput
Computer network managing
Computer network monitoring
C340S005920, C709S247000
Reexamination Certificate
active
07013337
ABSTRACT:
A method and system for communicating data between a network operations center and a remote device is described. Vending machine state information is communicated between a vending site and a network operations center using a delta scheme. A database, maintained by the network operations center, maintains a history of the activity of a variety of vending machines located at a variety of vending sites. To minimize the data needed to be transmitted between the vending site and the network operations center, the network operations center, in one embodiment, will request information from the vending site regarding the change in state of the various vending machines. The vending machines are responsible for restructuring a data block, calculating a delta for the change in state of the machine, applying a compression algorithm to the calculated delta and then transmitting the delta to the network operations center. Upon receipt of the delta, the network operations center can update the database by combining the delta with the previous state information stored in the database.
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Internationa
Chaput James L.
Defossé Erin M.
Pathan Arif
Baker & Botts L.L.P.
Follansbee John
Isochron, LLC
Lee Philip
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