Management apparatus and method thereof
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKatsuhiro Wada
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Abstract
A management apparatus determines whether or not another management apparatus exists on a network, and if it is determined that the another management apparatus exists, acquires information on a device searched by the another management apparatus from the another management apparatus. The management apparatus searches a device on the network and determines whether or not the searched device is searched by the another management apparatus, and acquires information from the device, that is not acquired among information on the device, in a case that it is determined that the device is not searched by the another management apparatus.
Claims15
A management apparatus comprising:
- a first determination unit configured to determine whether or not another management apparatus exists on a network;
- a first acquisition unit configured to acquire information on a device searched by the another management apparatus from the another management apparatus, in a case that it is determined by said first determination unit that the another management apparatus exists on the network;
- a search unit configured to search for a device on the network;
- a second determination unit configured to determine whether or not the device searched by said search unit is searched by the another management apparatus based on information on the device searched by said search unit and the information acquired by said first acquisition unit;
- and
- a second acquisition unit configured to acquire information from the device, that is not acquired by said search unit from among information on the device searched by said search unit, in a case that it is not determined by said second determination unit that the device searched by said search unit is searched by the another management apparatus.
A method of managing a device on a network, comprising:
- judging whether or not another management apparatus exists on the network;
- acquiring information on a device searched by the another management apparatus from the another management apparatus, in a case that it is judged in said judging step that the another management apparatus exists on the network;
- searching for a device on the network:
- determining whether or not the device searched in said searching step is searched by the another management apparatus, based on information on the device searched in said searching step and the information acquired in said acquiring step;
- and
- obtaining information from the device, that is not acquired in said searching step from among information on the device, in a case that it is not determined in said determining step that the device searched in said searching step is searched by the another management apparatus.
A computer-readable storage medium storing program for causing a computer to execute the process comprising the steps of:
- judging whether or not another management apparatus exists on a network;
- acquiring information on a device searched by the another management apparatus from the another management apparatus, in a case that it is judged in said judging step that the another management apparatus exists on the network;
- searching for a device on the network:
- determining whether or not the device is searched by the another management apparatus based on information on the device searched in said searching step and the information acquired in said acquiring step;
- and
- obtaining information from a device, that is not acquired in said searching step among information on the device, in a case that it is determined in said determining step that the device searched in said searching step is not searched by the another management apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.