Network-device management apppartus and method, recording medium, and transmission apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMASANORI KAWASHIMA
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Abstract
In a management system for managing network devices connected to a network, it is considered to reduce the load of the network and the devices by preserving device information acquired from each device and not acquiring new information from the device for a predetermined period. However, this approach has a problem in that the user cannot know when the displayed information was acquired. In the present invention, when preserving device information, the time of acquisition of the device information is preserved as acquisition-time data, which is displayed within displayed information together with the device information. The above-described probem is thereby solved, and the user can acquire very reliable information.
Claims115
A network-device management method for managing network devices connected to a network, said method comprising:
- an acquisition step, of acquiring device information relating to a network device;
- a time acquisition step, of acquiring time data substantially indicating a time of acquisition of the device information;
- and
- a conversion step, of converting the device information and the time data into a form conforming to a predetermined display format.
A method for controlling a network-device management system including a network-device management apparatus for managing network devices connected to a network, and an information processing apparatus capable of displaying device information relating to a network device managed by the network-device management apparatus, said method comprising a method for controlling the network-device management apparatus comprising:
- a reception step, of receiving a command from the information processing apparatus;
- an acquisition step, of acquiring the device information;
- a time acquisition step, of acquiring time data substantially indicating a time of acquisition of the device information;
- a conversion step, of converting the device information and the time data into a form conforming to a predetermined display format;
- and
- a transmission step, of transmitting the device information and the time data to the image processing apparatus in the form after being converted in said conversion step,
- and a method for controlling the image processing apparatus comprising:
- a command transmission step, of transmitting the command to the network-device management apparatus;
- and
- an information reception step, of receiving the device information and the time data in the form after being converted.
A network-device management apparatus for managing network devices connected to a network, said apparatus comprising:
- acquisition means for acquiring device information relating to a network device;
- time acquisition means for acquiring time data substantially indicating a time of acquisition of the device information;
- and
- conversion means for converting the device information and the time data into a form conforming to a predetermined display format.
A network-device management system including a network-device management apparatus for managing network devices connected to a network, and an information processing apparatus capable of displaying device information relating to a network device managed by the network-device management apparatus, said network-device management apparatus comprising:
- reception means for receiving a command from said information processing apparatus;
- acquisition means for acquiring the device information;
- time acquisition means for acquiring time data substantially indicating a time of acquisition of the device information;
- conversion means for converting the device information and the time data into a form conforming to a predetermined display format;
- and
- transmission means for transmitting the device information and the time data to said image processing apparatus in the form after being converted by said conversion means,
- and said image processing apparatus comprising:
- command transmission means for transmitting the command to said network-device management apparatus;
- and
- information reception means for receiving the device information and the time data in the form after being converted.
A recording medium storing a network-device management program for managing network devices connected to a network, said network-device management program comprising:
- an acquisition step, of acquiring device information relating to a network device;
- a time acquisition step, of acquiring time data substantially indicating a time of acquisition of the device information;
- and
- a conversion step, of converting the device information and the time data into a form conforming to a predetermined display format.
A recording medium storing programs for a network-device management system including a network-device management apparatus for managing network devices connected to a network, and an information processing apparatus capable of displaying device information relating to a network device managed by the network-device management apparatus, said medium storing a program in the network-device management apparatus comprising:
- a reception step, of receiving a command from the information processing apparatus;
- an acquisition step, of acquiring the device information;
- a time acquisition step, of acquiring time data substantially indicating a time of acquisition of the device information;
- a conversion step, of converting the device information and the time data into a form conforming to a predetermined display format;
- and
- a transmission step, of transmitting the device information and the time data to the image processing apparatus in the form after being converted in the conversion step, and said medium storing a program in the image processing
- apparatus comprising:
- a command transmission step, of transmitting the command to the network-device management apparatus;
- and
- an information reception step, of receiving the device information and the time data in the form after being converted.
A transmission apparatus for transmitting a network-device management program for managing network devices connected to a network, said network-device management program comprising:
- an acquisition step, of acquiring device information relating to a network device;
- a time acquisition step, of acquiring time data substantially indicating a time of acquisition of the device information;
- and
- a conversion step, of converting the device information and the time data into a form conforming to a predetermined display format.
A transmission apparatus for transmitting programs for a network-device management system including a network-device management apparatus for managing network devices connected to a network, and an information processing apparatus capable of displaying device information relating to a network device managed by the network-device management apparatus, a program in the network-device management apparatus comprising:
- a reception step, of receiving a command from the information processing apparatus;
- an acquisition step, of acquiring the device information;
- a time acquisition step, of acquiring time data substantially indicating a time of acquisition of the device information;
- a conversion step, of converting the device information and the time data into a form conforming to a predetermined display format;
- and
- a transmission step, of transmitting the device information and the time data to the image processing apparatus in the form after being converted in the conversion step,
- and a program in the image processing apparatus including:
- a command transmission step, of transmitting the command to the network-device management apparatus;
- and
- an information reception step, of receiving the device information and the time data in the form after being converted.
A network-device management program product for managing network devices connected to a network, said network-device management program product comprising:
- an acquisition step, of acquiring device information relating to a network device;
- a time acquisition step, of acquiring time data substantially indicating a time of acquisition of the device information;
- and
- a conversion step, of converting the device information and the time data into a form conforming to a predetermined display format.
A program product for a network-device management system including a network-device management apparatus for managing network devices connected to a network, and an information processing apparatus capable of displaying device information relating to a network device managed by the network-device management apparatus, said product including a program in the network-device management apparatus comprising:
- a reception step, of receiving a command from the information processing apparatus;
- an acquisition step, of acquiring the device information;
- a time acquisition step, of acquiring time data substantially indicating a time of acquisition of the device information;
- a conversion step, of converting the device information and the time data into a form conforming to a predetermined display format;
- and
- a transmission step, of transmitting the device information and the time data to the image processing apparatus in the form after being converted in the conversion step,
- and a program in the image processing apparatus comprising:
- a command transmission step, of transmitting the command to the network-device management apparatus;
- and
- an information reception step, of receiving the device information and the time data in the form after being converted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.