Device searching apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShin Muto, Noboru Hamada
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Abstract
The present invention provides an apparatus for searching a device on a network. The device searching server acquires a search condition from the device searching client, searches a device on the network and returns the search result to the device searching client. If the number of the device matching the search condition is at least equal to a predetermined number, additional information such as location information and charge information is added to the search result. Also if the device matching the search condition is absent, a device of a high frequency of use, determined on the use history, is outputted as the search result.
Claims24
A device searching apparatus for searching a device on a network, comprising:
- management means for managing a database including identification information for identifying the device on the network and attribute information associated thereto;
- input means for entering a search condition for searching a desired device on the network;
- search means for searching a device matching the entered search condition from said database;
- output means for outputting, on a device matching the entered search condition, a search result including the identification information and the attribute information of such device;
- and
- control means for controlling the information to be outputted to said search result, according to the number of the device matching the entered search condition.
A device searching apparatus for searching a device on a network, comprising:
- management means for managing a database including identification information for identifying the device on the network and static information associated thereto;
- input means for entering a search condition for searching a desired device on the network;
- search means for searching device matching the entered search condition from said database;
- output means for outputting, on a device matching the entered search condition, a search result including the identification information and the static information of such device;
- and
- control means for adding dynamic information to said search result, according to the number of the device matching the entered search condition.
A device searching method for searching a device on a network, comprising steps of:
- managing a database including identification information for identifying the device on the network and attribute information associated thereto;
- entering a search condition for searching a desired device on the network;
- searching a device matching the entered search condition from said database;
- outputting, on a device matching the entered search condition, a search result including the identification information and the attribute information of such device;
- and
- controlling the information to be outputted to said search result, according to the number of the device matching the entered search condition.
A device searching method for searching a device on a network, comprising steps of:
- managing a database including identification information for identifying the device on the network and static information associated thereto;
- entering a search condition for searching a desired device on the network;
- searching a device matching the entered search condition from said database;
- outputting, on a device matching the entered search condition, a search result including the identification information and the static information of such device;
- and
- adding dynamic information to said search result, according to the number of the device matching the entered search condition.
A memory medium storing a computer program to be executed by a computer of a device searching apparatus for searching a device on a network, the computer program comprising steps of:
- managing a database including identification information for identifying the device on the network and attribute information associated thereto;
- entering a search condition for searching a desired device on the network;
- searching a device matching the entered search condition from said database;
- outputting, on a device matching the entered search condition, a search result including the identification information and the attribute information of such device;
- and
- controlling the information to be outputted to said search result, according to the number of the device matching the entered search condition.
A memory medium storing a computer program to be executed by a computer of a device searching apparatus for searching a device on a network, the computer program comprising steps of:
- managing a database including identification information for identifying the device on the network and static information associated thereto;
- entering a search condition for searching a desired device on the network;
- searching a device matching the entered search condition from said database;
- outputting, on a device matching the entered search condition, a search result including the identification information and the static information of such device;
- and
- adding dynamic information to said search result, according to the number of the device matching the entered search condition.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.