A network includes a network control center which stores network management software capable of supporting user-composed programs for automatically managing apparatus at remote sites, each apparatus including a microprocessor, memory and input/output devices interconnected by a bus, connected to remote...http://www.google.de/patents/US5426421?utm_source=gb-gplus-sharePatent US5426421 - Method of automatically managing a network or remote function-excecuting apparatus from a programable network control center
