Patent · US Expired

Apparatus diagnostic device and diagnosed device

US7251750B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateJun 19, 2003
Grant dateJul 31, 2007
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Expiry dateJan 20, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04L43/0817
  • WIPO fieldDigital communication
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An apparatus diagnostic device includes a communication unit that communicates with a diagnosed device through a communication line, and a control unit that controls to receive a problem generation notification from the diagnosed device via the communication unit, to determine whether or not to solve a problem in accordance with apparatus status information obtained from the diagnosed device after an elapse of a prescribed period of time, and to have a notification standard of the problem generation notification changed by the diagnosed device when necessary.

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