Network management apparatus, network communication apparatus, network communication program, network communication method and computer network system
First Claim
1. A network management apparatus for managing setting information of a network communication apparatus connected to a network, comprising:
- a setting information receiving unit operable to receive said setting information of said network communication apparatus from said network communication apparatus;
a storing unit operable to store said received setting information as a file and to store identifying information of said network communication having said setting information as a property of said file, said property being capable of being accessed without opening said file; and
a setting information sending unit operable to send said file to said network communication apparatus identified by said identifying information so as to change said setting information of said network communication apparatus, when said file is read from said storing unit to be stored in said network communication apparatus.
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Abstract
A network communication apparatus includes: a communication controlling memory operable to store setting information of the network communication apparatus; a communication controller operable to control communication by accessing the setting information stored in the communication controlling memory by using a physical address; a file-name sending unit operable to send a predetermined file name when a request for the file name is received; and a setting information sending unit operable to send the setting information stored in the communication controlling memory when the sent file name is specified to request a file having the sent file name.
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42 Claims
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1. A network management apparatus for managing setting information of a network communication apparatus connected to a network, comprising:
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a setting information receiving unit operable to receive said setting information of said network communication apparatus from said network communication apparatus;
a storing unit operable to store said received setting information as a file and to store identifying information of said network communication having said setting information as a property of said file, said property being capable of being accessed without opening said file; and
a setting information sending unit operable to send said file to said network communication apparatus identified by said identifying information so as to change said setting information of said network communication apparatus, when said file is read from said storing unit to be stored in said network communication apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A network communication apparatus comprising:
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a communication controlling memory operable to store at least one of a program to be used for controlling communication performed by said network communication apparatus and setting information of said communication to be read in accordance with said program;
a communication controller operable to control said communication by accessing said at least one of said program and said setting information stored in said communication controlling memory by using a physical address in said communication controlling memory;
a file-name sending unit operable to send a predetermined file name when a request for a file name is received; and
a setting information sending unit operable to send said at least one of said program and said setting information stored in said communication controlling memory, when said sent file name is specified to request a file having said sent file name. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42)
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14. A network communication program of a network communication apparatus, comprising:
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a storing module operable to store at least one of a program to be used for controlling communication performed by said network communication apparatus and setting information of said communication to be read in accordance with said communication;
a communication controlling module operable to control said communication by accessing said at least one of said program and said setting information stored in a communication controlling memory of said network communication apparatus by using a physical address in said communication controlling memory;
a file-name sending module operable to send a predetermined file name when a request for a file name is received; and
a setting information sending module operable to send said at least one of said program and said setting information stored in said communication controlling memory when said sent file name is specified to request a file having said sent file name.
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15. A network communication method in a network communication apparatus, comprising:
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storing at least one of a program to be used for controlling communication by said network communication apparatus and setting information of said communication to be read in accordance with said program in a communication controlling memory of said network communication apparatus;
controlling said communication by accessing said at least one of said program and said setting information in said communication controlling memory by using a physical address in said communication controlling memory;
sending a predetermined file name when a file name request for a file name is received; and
sending said at least one of said program and said setting information in said communication controlling memory when said sent file name is specified to request a file having said sent file name.
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26. A computer network system comprising:
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a network communication apparatus operable to perform communication in a network; and
a network management apparatus operable to manage setting information of said network communication apparatus, wherein said network communication apparatus includes;
a communication controlling memory operable to store at least one of a program to be used for controlling said communication and said setting information of said communication to be read in accordance with said program;
a communication controller operable to control said communication by accessing said at least one of said program and said setting information in said communication controlling memory by using a physical address in said communication controlling memory;
a file-name sending unit operable to send a predetermined file name when a request for a file name is received from said network management apparatus;
a communication-side setting information sending unit operable to send said at least one of said program and said setting information in said communication controlling memory of said network communication apparatus to said network management apparatus, when said sent file name is specified in said network management apparatus to request a file having said file name.
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