US 2018/0024843 A1 · METHOD AND ASSOCIATED APPARATUS FOR PERFORMING WAKE-UP MANAGEMENT ON NETWORK DEVICES

Abstract

A method for performing wake-up management and an associated apparatus are provided, where the method is applied to at least one portion of a network system, and the network system includes a local area network (LAN). The method includes: utilizing a wake-on-LAN (WOL) agent device to receive device information of a network device, where the WOL agent device and the network device are positioned in the LAN, and the network device broadcasts the device information according to a predetermined communications protocol; utilizing the WOL agent device to update a wake-up management list in the WOL agent device according to the device information, where the wake-up management list includes the device information; and utilizing the WOL agent device to perform a WOL operation on the network device according to the wake-up management list.

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Dependent claims

A method for performing wake-up management, the method being applied to at least one portion of a network system, the network system comprising a local area network (LAN), the method comprising:

utilizing a wake-on-LAN (WOL) agent device to receive device information of a network device, wherein the WOL agent device and the network device are positioned in the LAN, and the network device broadcasts the device information of the network device according to a predetermined communications protocol;
utilizing the WOL agent device to refer to the device information of the network device to update a wake-up management list in the WOL agent device, wherein the wake-up management list comprises the device information of the network device;
and
utilizing the WOL agent device to perform a WOL operation regarding the network device according to the wake-up management list.

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An apparatus for performing wake-up management, the apparatus comprising at least one portion of a network system, the network system comprising a local area network (LAN), the apparatus comprising:

a wake-on-LAN (WOL) agent device, positioned in the LAN, the WOL agent device arranged to perform wake-up control, wherein the WOL agent device receives device information of a network device, the network device is positioned in the LAN, and the network device refers to a predetermined communications protocol to broadcast the device information of the network device;
wherein the WOL agent device refers to the device information of the network device to update a wake-up management list in the WOL agent device, wherein the wake-up management list comprises the device information of the network device;
and the WOL agent device refers to the wake-up management list to perform a WOL operation regarding the network device.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Method and associated apparatus for performing wake-up management on network devices

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Method and associated apparatus for performing wake-up management on network devices

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