AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM FOR REMOTE MANAGEMENT OF DEVICES SUBJECT TO PAY-PER-USE SERVICES

摘要

The invention relates to an autonomous system for remote management of pay-per-use devices such as printers, fax machines, scanners, servers and routers. The system comprises small-size electronic devices (1) connected to every piece of remote equipment (4) to be managed, wherein the value of the counter can be read and the information can be processed, stored and sent to a collecting center (3) through one or several existing communications networks (2). More specifically, said device (1) has an interface for connection to the ETHERNET network to send and receive electronic mail via the Internet or to configure the device through a server by accessing its web page, in addition to a GSM modem to send information by means of radio calls or short radio messages. Moreover, Flash EEPROM and dynamic RAM memories make it possible to run the software required by the system and to store data.