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US 8,020,198 B2Granted
Network device management apparatus and network device management method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorManami Hatano
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Abstract
A network device management apparatus according to this invention is directed to a network device management apparatus, which is connected to a network and manages a network device connected to the network, acquires status information indicating the status of the network device from the network device, saves the acquired status information in a storage unit, randomly generates an address required to access the storage unit, and notifies a pre-registered destination of the generated address, and provides, when an access is made to the address, the status information saved in the storage unit to an accessing party.
Claims8
A network device management apparatus, which is connected to a network and manages a network device connected to the network, said apparatus comprising:
- an acquisition unit, configured to acquire status information indicating a status of the network device from the network device;
- a status information saving unit, configured to save a first management window generated for browsing the status information of the network device acquired by said acquisition unit in a storage unit;
- an address notification unit, configured to generate a first URL required to access the storage unit and browse the saved first management window, and to notify a pre-registered destination of the generated first URL;
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- an information providing unit, configured to provide, when an access is made based on the first URL, the first management window saved in the storage unit to an accessing party,
- wherein said status information saving unit saves a second management window for browsing status information of the network device in the storage unit upon receiving an instruction for modifying a notification condition for a managed network device,
- wherein said address notification unit generates a second URL required to browse the saved second management window, to notify the pre-registered destination of the generated second URL, and to delete the first management window from the storage unit, and
- wherein the status information of the network device is displayed not on the first management window but on the second management window after the second management window has been generated.
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A network device management method in a network device management apparatus which is connected to a network and manages a network device connected to the network, said method comprising:
- an acquisition step of acquiring status information indicating a status of the network device from the network device;
- a status information saving step of saving a first management window generated for browsing the status information of the network device acquired in the acquisition step in a storage unit;
- an address notification step of generating a first URL required to access the storage unit and browsing the saved first management window, and notifying a pre-registered destination of the generated first URL;
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- an information providing step of providing, when an access is made based on the first URL, the first management window saved in the storage unit to an accessing party,
- wherein the status information saving step saves a second management window for browsing status information of the network device in the storage unit upon receiving an instruction for modifying a notification condition for a managed network device,
- wherein said address notification step generates a second URL required to browse the saved second management window, notifying the pre-registered destination of the generated second URL, and deleting the first management window from the storage unit, and
- wherein the status information of the network device is displayed not on the first management window but on the second management window after the second management window has been generated.
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A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program for making a computer execute respective steps included in a method, the method comprising:
- an acquisition step of acquiring status information indicating a status of the network device from the network device;
- a status information saving step of saving a first management window generated for browsing the status information of the network device acquired in the acquisition step in a storage unit;
- an address notification step of generating a first URL required to access the storage unit and browsing the saved first management window, and notifying a pre-registered destination of the generated first URL;
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- an information providing step of providing, when an access is made based on the first URL, the first management window saved in the storage unit to an accessing party,
- wherein the status information saving step saves a second management window for browsing status information of the network device in the storage unit upon receiving an instruction for modifying a notification condition for a managed network device,
- wherein said address notification step generates a second URL required to browse the saved second management window, notifying the pre-registered destination of the generated second URL, and deleting the first management window from the storage unit, and
- wherein the status information of the network device is displayed not on the first management window but on the second management window after the second management window has been generated.
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A management apparatus, comprising:
- a storage configured to store a first management window;
- an address notification unit, configure to generate a first URL to be referred for accessing the storage and browsing the stored first management window, and to notify a pre-registered destination of the generated first URL;
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- an information provider, configured to provide the first management window stored in the storage to an accessing party,
- wherein said storage stores a second management window generated responsive to an instruction for modifying the URL for browsing the management window upon receiving the instruction, and
- wherein said address notification unit generates a second URL to be referred for accessing the storage and browsing the stored second management window, notifies the pre-registered destination of the generated second URL, and deletes the first URL from said storage.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.