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US 9,071,708 B2Granted
Device management apparatus and method generating area information of where a device is used based on location information of a terminal remotely using the device
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYasuhiro Hosoda
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Abstract
A device management apparatus which manages a device and a terminal which remotely uses the device, the apparatus comprises a log acquisition unit configured to acquire a log of the device; a usage location specification unit configured to specify a location of the terminal at the time of use of the device based on the log acquired by the log acquisition unit; and a generation unit configured to generate information of an area where the device is used, based on the location of the terminal at the time of use of the device which is specified by the usage location specification unit.
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A device management apparatus which manages a device and a terminal which remotely uses the device, the apparatus comprising:
- a log acquisition unit configured to acquire a log of a plurality of jobs which have been executed by the device;
- a usage location specification unit configured to specify, based on the log acquired by said log acquisition unit, locations of the terminal at the time that the device executed the plurality of jobs;
- a generation unit configured to generate information of an area from where the device has been used, based on the locations of the terminal specified by said usage location specification unit;
- a device location specification unit configured to specify a location of the device based on device information managed by the device management apparatus;
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- a location information acquisition unit configured to periodically acquire location information of a user;
- wherein said generation unit generates the information of the area from where the device has been used, based on the location of the device specified by said device location specification unit and the locations of the terminal specified by said usage location specification unit,
- wherein if the device information includes no device location information, said device location specification unit specifies a user of the device based on a log of local access which has been processed by the device, acquires, based on the location information acquired by said location information acquisition unit, location information of the user at the time that the device has processed the local access, and specifies the acquired location information of the user as the location of the device, and
- wherein the log of local access comprises a log provided by the device and associated with at least one of a copy service, operation associated with a document, a user authentication service accompanying use of an operation panel, and a device setting change.
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A device management method, executed by a device management apparatus, of managing a device and a terminal which remotely uses the device, the method comprising the steps of:
- acquiring a log of a plurality of jobs which have been executed by the device;
- a usage location specifying step of specifying, based on the acquired log, locations of the terminal at the time that the device has executed the plurality of jobs;
- generating information of an area from where the device has been used, based on the locations of the terminal specified in the usage location specifying step;
- a device location specification step of specifying a location of the device based on device information managed by the device management apparatus;
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- a location information acquisition step of periodically acquiring location information of a user,
- wherein said generating step generates the information of the area from where the device has been used, based on the location of the device specified by said device location specification step and the locations of the terminal specified by said usage location specifying step,
- wherein if the device information includes no device location information, said device location specification step specifies a user of the device based on a log of local access which has been processed by the device, acquires, based on the location information acquired by said location information acquisition step, location information of the user at the time that the device has processed the local access, and specifies the acquired location information of the user as the location of the device, and
- wherein the log of local access comprises a log provided by the device and associated with at least one of a copy service, operation associated with a document, a user authentication service accompanying use of an operation panel, and a device setting change.
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A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing a program for causing a computer to function as a device management apparatus which manages a device and a terminal which remotely uses the device, the program comprising:
- code for a log acquisition step of acquiring a log of a plurality of jobs which have been executed by the device;
- code for a usage location specification step of specifying, based on the log acquired by said log acquisition step, locations of the terminal at the time that the device has executed the plurality of jobs;
- code for a generation step of generating information of an area from where the device has been used, based on the locations of the terminal specified by the usage location specification step;
- code for a device location specification step of specifying a location of the device based on device information managed by the device management apparatus;
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- code for a location information acquisition step of periodically acquiring location information of a user,
- wherein said generating step generates the information of the area from where the device has been used, based on the location of the device specified by said device location specification step and the locations of the terminal specified by said usage location specification step,
- wherein if the device information includes no device location information, said device location specification step specifies a user of the device based on a log of local access which has been processed by the device, acquires, based on the location information acquired by said location information acquisition step, location information of the user at the time that the device has processed the local access, and specifies the acquired location information of the user as the location of the device, and
- wherein the log of local access comprises a log provided by the device and associated with at least one of a copy service, operation associated with a document, a user authentication service accompanying use of an operation panel, and a device setting change.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.