Device management device and recording medium
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorKenji HAGIWARA
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Abstract
In a device management device, a storage unit stores device information pieces of devices on a network, an acquisition unit acquires a device information piece of one of the devices via the network, and a detection unit compares the device information piece with each of the device information pieces stored in the storage unit, and detects at least one of installation, movement, addition, change, and disposal events with respect to the one of the devices. A transforming unit transforms both identification information of the one of the devices and device information items corresponding to the detected event into data that enables an asset management device to manage the data. A transmission unit transmits the data to the asset management device via the network.
Claims9
A device management device that is connected to devices and an asset management device via a network, the asset management device arranged to manage assets of the devices on the network, the device management device comprising:
- a storage unit to store device information pieces of the devices;
- an acquisition unit to acquire a device information piece of one of the devices via the network in accordance with a communication protocol that conforms to the one of the devices;
- a detection unit to compare the device information piece acquired by the acquisition unit with each of the device information pieces stored in the storage unit, and to detect at least one of installation, movement, addition, change, and disposal events with respect to the one of the devices;
- a transforming unit to transform both identification information of the one of the devices and device information items corresponding to the at least one event detected by the detection unit into data that enables the asset management device to manage the data;
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- a transmission unit to transmit the data from the transforming unit to the asset management device via the network.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a device management method for use in a device management device that is connected to devices and an asset management device via a network, the asset management device arranged to manage assets of the devices on the network, the device management method comprising:
- acquiring, by an acquisition unit, a device information piece of one of the devices via the network in accordance with a communication protocol that conforms to the one of the devices;
- comparing, by a detection unit, the acquired device information piece with each of device information pieces stored in a storage unit;
- detecting, by the detection unit, at least one of installation, movement, addition, change, and disposal events with respect to the one of the devices;
- transforming, by a transforming unit, both identification information of the one of the devices and device information items corresponding to the at least one event detected by the detection unit into data that enables the asset management device to manage the data;
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- transmitting, by a transmission unit, the data from the transforming unit to the asset management device via the network.
A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program which, when executed by a computer, causes the computer to perform a device management method for use in a device management device that is connected to devices and an asset management device via a network, the asset management device arranged to manage assets of the devices on the network, the device management method comprising:
- acquiring, by an acquisition unit, a device information piece of one of the devices via the network in accordance with a communication protocol that conforms to the one of the devices;
- comparing, by a detection unit, the acquired device information piece with each of device information pieces of the devices stored in a storage unit;
- detecting, by the detection unit, at least one of installation, movement, addition, change, and disposal events with respect to the one of the devices;
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- outputting, by an output unit, both identification information of the one of the devices and device information items corresponding to the at least one event detected by the detection unit, to a transmission unit that transmits, to the asset management device via the network, data which is produced by transforming the identification information and the device information items to enable the asset management device to manage the data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.