Device management apparatus
AssigneeDgshape Corporation
InventorJun UEDA
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Abstract
A device management apparatus is connectable to devices of many types. A first device-name-creation section creates symbols indicative of drivers corresponding to connected devices as device names of the connected devices. A second device-name-creation section adds symbols each indicative of a connection method with the device management apparatus to the symbols created by the first device-name-creation section. A first determination section determines whether or not there is a duplicate symbol among the symbols created by the second device-name-creation section. A third device-name-creation section adds identification symbols to the symbols each being determined to be the duplicate symbol by the first determination section.
Claims9
A device management apparatus configured or programmed to be connectable to a plurality of devices of a plurality of types, the device management apparatus being configured or programmed to comprise:
- an install unit configured or programmed to install drivers corresponding to connected devices;
- a first device-name-creation section configured or programmed to create symbols respectively indicative of the drivers corresponding to the connected devices as device names of the connected devices;
- a second device-name-creation section configured or programmed to add symbols each indicative of a connection method with the device management apparatus to the symbols created by the first device-name-creation section;
- a first determination section configured or programmed to determine whether or not there is a duplicate symbol among the symbols created by the second device-name-creation section;
- a third device-name-creation section configured or programmed to add identification symbols to symbols each being determined as the duplicate symbol by the first determination section;
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- a registering section configured or programmed to register the symbols created by the second device-name-creation section or the third device-name-creation section as the device names of the plurality of connected devices.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.