Apparatus, management method and computer program product

A method of managing a system by using a apparatus having a display, wherein the system comprises a gateway device, a first device connected with the gateway device and a second device that is connected with the first device and has a greater number of devices intervening before the gateway device than the first device, the method comprising:

• acquiring, by the apparatus, configuration information from the gateway device, the first device and the second device, wherein the configuration information includes information indicating a device type, information indicating a type of a connection interface and connected-device identification information that identifies a device connected to the each device;
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• specifying, by the apparatus, a remote activation function activatable by the management device for each of the gateway device and the first device.

A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer program instructions, which when executed by an apparatus, causes the apparatus to perform a method of managing a system comprising a gateway device, a first device connected with the gateway device and a second device that is connected with the first device and has a greater number of devices intervening before the gateway device than the first device, the method comprising:

• acquiring configuration information from the gateway device, the first device and the second device, wherein the configuration information includes information indicating a device type, information indicating a type of a connection interface and connected-device identification information that identifies a device connected with the each device;
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• specifying a remote activation function activatable by the management device for each of the gateway device and the first device.