Setting management system and setting management program
AssigneeBrother Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNorio Tagawa
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Abstract
When a user of a PC of a setting management system designates an IP address that should be deleted from IP addresses that have been set for a management target device, the PC presumes that another parameter should be changed together with the designated IP address based on a setting function that was used for setting the IP address. Also, the PC informs the user about the existence of such a parameter by displaying a message on a display unit that another parameter closely related to the IP address (designated by the user to be changed) should also be changed in conjunction with the IP address.
Claims27
A computer program product storing computer-readable instructions that cause at least a device included in at least one device connected to a network to execute a setting management process for managing communication parameters of a management target device in the network, wherein the communication parameters necessary for the management target device to be capable of data communication via the network according to a prescribed communication protocol can be set by a plurality of setting functions while registering a setting function used for setting each communication parameter and associating the setting function with the communication parameter, wherein the setting management process comprises the steps of:
- allowing a user to designate a communication parameter of the management target device that should be changed;
- presuming that a functional parameter relating to a setting function associated with the communication paramenter should be changed together with the designated communication parameter based on the setting function;
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- informing the user that there exists a functional parameter that should be changed together with the designated communication parameter responsive to presuming that the functional parameter should be changed.
A setting management system for managing communication parameters of a management target device in a network to which the communication parameters necessary for the management target device to be capable of data communication via the network according to a prescribed communication protocol can be set by a plurality of setting functions while registering a setting function used for setting each communication parameter and associating the setting function with the communication parameter, comprising:
- a change designation unit which allows a user designate a communication parameter of the management target device that should be changed;
- a parameter presumption unit which presumes a functional parameter relating to a setting function associated with the communication parameter should be changed together with the designated communication parameter based on the setting function;
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- an existence information unit which informs the user that there exists a functional parameter that should be changed together with the designated communication parameter responsive to presuming that the functional parameter should be changed.
A setting management method for managing communication parameters of a management target device in a network to which the communication parameters necessary for the management target device to be capable of data communication via the network according to a prescribed communication protocol can be set by a plurality of setting functions while registering a setting function used for setting each communication parameter and associating the setting function with the communication parameter, comprising the step of:
- allowing a user to designate a communication parameter of the management target device that should be changed out;
- presuming that a functional parameter relating to a setting function associated with the communication parameter should be changed together with the designated communication parameter based on the setting function;
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- informing the user that there exists a functional parameter that should be changed together with the designated communication parameter responsive to presuming that the functional parameter should be changed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.