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AssigneeNippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation
InventorsMasahiro Yokota, Masatoshi Namiki, Yuji Minato, Masaaki Inami, Daisaku Shimazaki, Hideki Maeda
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[Problem] Inventory information about a network device can be known without vendor intervention. [Solution] The network device information management apparatus 20 includes: a log data acquisition unit configured to acquire log data from each of the plurality of devices 40, the log data including information about components 42 of the plurality of devices; and an inventory information estimation unit configured to exclude a common portion of the log data before and after registration of the component 42 to extract a component configuration indicating information about the component 42 newly registered to the device 40, compare the extracted component configuration with the component configuration extracted from a component 42 registered to another device 40, estimate the common portion as inventory information, and store the estimated inventory information in storage means.
A network device information management apparatus for managing inventory information about a plurality of devices connected to a network, the apparatus comprising:
A network device information management method performed by a network device information management apparatus configured to manage inventory information about a plurality of devices connected to a network, the network device information management apparatus is configured to execute steps of:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.