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AssigneeCanon Information Systems, Inc.
InventorsJohn D. Barnard, Don Hideyasu Matsubayashi, Don Francis Purpura, Ravichandran Ragunathan, Steve Yasuhiro Muto, Allison Bajo, Richard A. Wilson, Jr.
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Managing a plurality of network devices on a network, including detecting an address assignment message sent from an address server over the network to a network device, the address assignment message containing an assigned address corresponding to the network device, sending an information request message, in response to the detection of the address assignment message, over the network from the network management device to the network device, the information request message containing the assigned address corresponding to the network device, receiving information, in response to the information request message, from the network device, and creating an entry corresponding to the network device in a device management directory, the entry containing the assigned address corresponding to the network device and the information received from the network device.
A method for use in a network management device for managing a plurality of network devices on a network, said method comprising the steps of:
A method for use in a network management device for managing a plurality of network printers on a network, said method comprising the steps of:
A network management device for managing a plurality of network devices on a network, said computing device comprising:
Computer-executable process steps stored on a computer readable medium, said computer-executable process steps for managing a plurality of network devices on a network by a network management device, said computer-executable process steps comprising the steps of:
A computer-readable medium which stores computer-executable process steps, the computer-executable process steps to manage a plurality of network devices on a network by a network management device, said computer-executable process steps comprising:
A network management device for managing a plurality of network printers on a network, said computing device comprising:
Computer-executable process steps stored on a computer readable medium, said computer-executable process steps for managing a plurality of network printers on a network by a network management device, said computer-executable process steps comprising the steps of:
A computer-readable medium which stores computer-executable process steps, the computer-executable process steps to manage a plurality of network printers on a network by a network management device, said computer-executable process steps comprising:
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