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US 11,777,819 B2Granted
Management apparatus and method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorSatoshi Nishikawa
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Abstract
A management apparatus that manages network devices through a network manages information about network devices registered as management targets and executes a third type task in a case where a new network device satisfying a predetermined condition is found in a search, thereby automatically executing a plurality of tasks for the found network device.
Claims53
A management apparatus comprising,
- at least one memory storing instructions, and
- at least one processor executing the instructions causing the management apparatus to:
- receive a first designation related to condition information that is based on at least one of an IP address, a model name, a serial number and a MAC address;
- receive a second designation related to a license file to be used for enabling software for an image processing apparatus,
- wherein the second designation is a designation for an image processing apparatus that is newly found by a search, after the reception of the second designation, on a network and that satisfies the condition information, and
- manage, as a task, a set of the first designation and the second designation,
- wherein a status of the managed task is capable of being switched, based on a user operation, among a working status in which processing that is corresponding to the managed task and includes searching for an image processing apparatus that satisfies the condition information is performed and a stop status in which the processing is not performed.
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A management apparatus comprising,
- at least one memory storing instructions, and
- at least one processor executing the instructions causing the management apparatus to:
- receive a first designation of at least one of an IP address, a serial number, a MAC address and a model name from a user;
- receive a second designation related to a plurality of settings including a setting concerning license information for enabling software concerning a printer from the user;
- perform registration of a task, based on the received first designation and the received second designation;
- and
- execute controls corresponding to the plurality of settings for a printer that is found by searching, after the registration, for a printer on a network and that corresponds to the received first designation,
- wherein, as the execute controls, control such that the license information is transmitted to the printer is performed, and
- wherein a status of the task subject to the registration is capable of being switched, based on a user operation, among a working status in which processing that is corresponding to the task and includes the searching is performed and a stop status in which the processing is not performed.
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A method for a management apparatus comprising,
- receiving a first designation related to condition information that is based on at least one of an IP address, a mode name, a serial number and a MAC address;
- receiving a second designation related to a license file to be used for enabling software for an image processing apparatus,
- wherein the second designation is a designation for an image processing apparatus that is newly found by a search, after the reception of the second designation, on a network and that satisfies the condition information, and
- manage, as a task, a set of the first designation and the second designation,
- wherein a status of the managed task is capable of being switched, based on a user operation, among a working status in which processing that is corresponding to the managed task and includes searching for an image processing apparatus that satisfies the condition information is performed and a stop status in which the processing is not performed.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for making a computer execute a method, the method comprising,
- receiving a first designation related to condition information that is based on at least one of an IP address, a model name, a serial number and a MAC address;
- receiving a second designation related to a license file to be used for enabling software for an image processing apparatus,
- wherein the second designation is a designation for an image processing apparatus that is newly found by a search, after the reception of the second designation, on a network and that satisfies to the condition information, and
- managing, as a task, a set of the first designation and the second designation,
- wherein a status of the managed task is capable of being switched, based on a user operation, among a working status in which processing that is corresponding to the managed task and includes searching for an image processing apparatus that satisfies the condition information is performed and a stop status in which the processing is not performed.
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A method for a management apparatus comprising,
- receiving a designation of a at least one of an IP address, a serial number, a MAC address and a model name from a user;
- receiving a designation concerning license information for enabling software concerning a printer from the user;
- performing as a task, registration based on the received designation of the at least one and the received designation concerning the license information;
- and
- performing control such that the license information is transmitted to a printer that is found by searching, after the registration, for a printer on a network and that corresponds to the at least one, and
- wherein a status of the task subject to the registration is capable of being switched, based on a user operation, among a working status in which processing that is corresponding to the task and includes the searching is performed and a stop status in which the processing is not performed.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for making a computer execute a method, the method comprising,
- receiving a designation of a at least one of an IP address, a serial number, a MAC address and a model name from a user;
- receiving a designation concerning license information for enabling software concerning a printer from the user;
- performing as a task, registration based on the received designation of the at least one and the received designation concerning the license information;
- and
- performing control such that the license information is transmitted to a printer that is found by searching, after the registration, for a printer on a network and that corresponds to the at least one, and
- wherein a status of the task subject to the registration is capable of being switched, based on a user operation, among a working status in which processing that is corresponding to the task and includes the searching is performed and a stop status in which the processing is not performed.
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A management apparatus comprising,
- at least one memory storing instructions, and
- at least one processor executing the instructions causing the management apparatus to:
- receive a first designation for designating a model name;
- receive a second designation related to a license file to be used for enabling software for an image processing apparatus,
- wherein the second designation is a designation for an image processing apparatus that is newly found by a search, after the reception of the second designation, on a network and that has the model name designated by the first designation, and
- transmit license information based on the license file to the image processing apparatus that is newly found by the search.
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A method for a management apparatus comprising,
- receiving a first designation for designating a model name;
- receiving a second designation related to a license file to be used for enabling software for an image processing apparatus,
- wherein the second designation is a designation for an image processing apparatus that is newly found by a search, after the reception of the second designation, on a network and that has the model name designated by the first designation, and
- transmitting license information based on the license file to the image processing apparatus that is newly found by the search.
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A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer program for making a computer execute a method, the method comprising:
- receiving a first designation for designating a model name;
- receiving a second designation related to a license file to be used for enabling software for an image processing apparatus,
- wherein the second designation is a designation for an image processing apparatus that is newly found by a search, after the reception of the second designation, on a network and that has the model name designated by the first designation, and
- transmitting license information based on the license file to the image processing apparatus that is newly found by the search.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.