# US 2025/0158879 A1 · Configuration input apparatus, configuration input method, and configuration input program > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0158879 A1 - Document ID: US20250158879A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/836,408 - Filed: 2022-02-17 - Published: 2025-05-15 - Earliest claimed: 2022-02-17 - Assignees: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation - Applicants: Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation - Inventors: Hiroki IWAHASHI; Masato NISHIGUCHI; Hiroki INOUE; Toshiyuki KANAZAWA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250158879A1 ## CPC - H04L 41/0803: Configuration setting - H04L 41/0806: for initial configuration or provisioning, e.g. plug-and-play - H04L 41/0843: {based on generic templates} - H04L 41/0856: {by backing up or archiving configuration information} - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) ## Abstract A centralized management server includes a corresponding unit, a determination unit, and a device control unit. The corresponding unit receives a request for inputting a configuration of a user to the communication device. Then, the corresponding unit integrates the plurality of parameters included in the received request into a parameter group. The determination unit determines a communication device accommodating the user. The device control unit decomposes the parameter group into the plurality of parameters and inputs the configuration of the user to the communication device determined by the determination unit based on the plurality of parameters. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A configuration input device comprising: a reception unit, including one or more processors, configured to receive a request for inputting a configuration of a user to a communication device; an integration unit, including one or more processors, configured to integrate a plurality of parameters included in the request received by the reception unit into a parameter group; a determination unit, including one or more processors, configured to determine a communication device accommodating the user; and an input unit, including one or more processors, configured to decompose the parameter group into the plurality of parameters and inputs the configuration of the user to the communication device determined by the determination unit based on the plurality of parameters. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The configuration input device according to claim 1, wherein the integration unit is configured to associate the parameter group with accommodation data indicating whether the communication device accommodating the user is determined, and store the parameter group associated with the accommodation data in a predetermined storage device. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The configuration input device according to claim 2, wherein the determination unit is configured to determine whether a communication device accommodating the user is determined based on the accommodation data stored in the predetermined storage device, determine a communication device accommodating the user when the communication device accommodating the user is not determined, and update the accommodation data so that the accommodation data indicates the determined communication device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The configuration input device according to claim 3, wherein the input unit is configured to identify the communication device determined by the determination unit based on the accommodation data stored in the predetermined storage device, acquire the parameter group associated with the accommodation data indicating the identified communication device from the predetermined storage device, decompose the acquired parameter group into the plurality of parameters, and input the configuration of the user to the identified communication device based on the plurality of parameters. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The configuration input device according to claim 1, further comprising a check unit, including one or more processors, configured to acquire a definition file including definitions of the plurality of parameters included in the request received by the reception unit and checks the plurality of parameters based on the acquired definition file. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The configuration input device according to claim 1, wherein the determination unit is configured to determine a communication device accommodating the user among a plurality of predetermined communication devices based on at least one of resources consumed by the user or remaining resources of the plurality of predetermined communication devices. ### Claim 7 A configuration input method executed by a computer, the method including: receiving a request for inputting a configuration of a user to a communication device; integrating a plurality of parameters included in the request received in the reception step into a parameter group; determining a communication device accommodating the user; and decomposing the parameter group into the plurality of parameters and inputting the configuration of the user to the communication device determined in the determination step based on the plurality of parameters. ### Claim 8 A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a configuration input program causing a computer to perform operations of a configuration input method, the operations comprising: receiving a request for inputting a configuration of a user to a communication device; integrating a plurality of parameters included in the request received in the reception step into a parameter group; determining a communication device accommodating the user; and decomposing the parameter group into the plurality of parameters and inputting the configuration of the user to the communication device determined in the determination step based on the plurality of parameters. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The configuration input method according to claim 7, wherein integrating a plurality of parameters comprises: associating the parameter group with accommodation data indicating whether the communication device accommodating the user is determined, and storing the parameter group associated with the accommodation data in a predetermined storage device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The configuration input method according to claim 9, wherein determining a communication device accommodating the user comprises: determining whether a communication device accommodating the user is determined based on the accommodation data stored in the predetermined storage device, determining a communication device accommodating the user when the communication device accommodating the user is not determined, and updating the accommodation data so that the accommodation data indicates the determined communication device. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The configuration input method according to claim 10, wherein decomposing the parameter group into the plurality of parameters comprises: identifying the communication device determined by the determination unit based on the accommodation data stored in the predetermined storage device, acquiring the parameter group associated with the accommodation data indicating the identified communication device from the predetermined storage device, decomposing the acquired parameter group into the plurality of parameters, and inputting the configuration of the user to the identified communication device based on the plurality of parameters. ### Claim 12 (depends on 7) The configuration input method according to claim 7, further comprising acquiring a definition file including definitions of the plurality of parameters included in the request received by the reception unit and checks the plurality of parameters based on the acquired definition file. ### Claim 13 (depends on 7) The configuration input method according to claim 7, wherein determining a communication device accommodating the user comprises: determining a communication device accommodating the user among a plurality of predetermined communication devices based on at least one of resources consumed by the user or remaining resources of the plurality of predetermined communication devices. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 8, wherein integrating a plurality of parameters comprises: associating the parameter group with accommodation data indicating whether the communication device accommodating the user is determined, and storing the parameter group associated with the accommodation data in a predetermined storage device. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 14, wherein determining a communication device accommodating the user comprises: determining whether a communication device accommodating the user based on the accommodation data stored in the predetermined storage device, determining a communication device accommodating the user when the communication device accommodating the user is not determined, and updating the accommodation data so that the accommodation data indicates the determined communication device. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 15, wherein decomposing the parameter group into the plurality of parameters comprises: identifying the communication device determined by the determination unit based on the accommodation data stored in the predetermined storage device, acquiring the parameter group associated with the accommodation data indicating the identified communication device from the predetermined storage device, decomposing the acquired parameter group into the plurality of parameters, and inputting the configuration of the user to the identified communication device based on the plurality of parameters. ### Claim 17 (depends on 8) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 8, wherein the operations further comprise acquiring a definition file including definitions of the plurality of parameters included in the request received by the reception unit and checks the plurality of parameters based on the acquired definition file. ### Claim 18 (depends on 8) The non-transitory computer-readable storage medium according to claim 8, wherein determining a communication device accommodating the user comprises: determining a communication device accommodating the user among a plurality of predetermined communication devices based on at least one of resources consumed by the user or remaining resources of the plurality of predetermined communication devices.