Network device management with self learning capability to extract information from a device
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorTetsuro MOTOYAMA
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Abstract
A method and apparatus for extracting information from a network device. The method includes retrieving first device information from the network device using a first communication protocol, and attempting to determine a parameter value of interest based on the first device information. When the step of attempting to determine the parameter value of interest based on the first device information is unsuccessful, second device information is retrieved from the network device using a second communication protocol, and an attempt is made to determine the parameter value of interest based on the first device information and the second device information.
Claims18
A method of extracting information from a network device, comprising:
- retrieving, by a management device, first device information from the network device using a first communication protocol;
- attempting, by the management device, to determine a parameter value of interest based on the first device information;
- and
- when the step of attempting to determine the parameter value of interest based on the first device information is unsuccessful,
- retrieving second device information from the network device using a second communication protocol, and
- attempting, by the management device, to determine the parameter value of interest based on the first device information and the second device information.
A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having embedded therein instructions, which when executed by a computer, cause the computer to perform a method of extracting information from a network device, comprising:
- retrieving first device information from the network device using a first communication protocol;
- attempting to determine a parameter value of interest based on the first device information;
- and
- when the step of attempting to determine the parameter value of interest based on the first device information is unsuccessful,
- retrieving second device information from the network device using a second communication protocol, and
- attempting to determine the parameter value of interest based on the first device information and the second device information.
A management device for extracting information from a network device, comprising:
- a memory;
- and
- a processor configured
- to retrieve first device information from the network device using a first communication protocol;
- to attempt to determine a parameter value of interest based on the first device information;
- and
- when the attempt by the processor to determine the parameter value of interest based on the first device information is unsuccessful,
- to retrieve second device information from the network device using a second communication protocol, and
- to attempt to determine the parameter value of interest based on the first device information and the second device information.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.