Method and system for setting communication parameters on network apparatus using information recordable medium
First Claim
1. A network system, comprising:
- a target device connected to a communication network;
a management device configured to provide the target device with communication parameters via a card having a circuit, the communication parameters allowing the target device to establish communications over the communication network, the management device including a first card drive in which the card stores communication parameters; and
a second card drive, accessible by the target device, for reading the communication parameters stored in the card, the communication parameters providing the target device with network settings to communicate over the communication network.
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Abstract
A method and system for performing an initial setting of communication parameters on a network apparatus with comparative ease and security maintained. The network system comprises a target device to be managed that is connected to a network, and a management device that manages the target device. The management device enables the target device to establish communications over the network and includes a first IC card drive in which an IC card stores communication parameters for allowing the management device to manage the target device, and the target device includes a second IC card drive for reading the communication parameters stored in the IC card to set the communication parameters that have been read.
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42 Claims
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1. A network system, comprising:
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a target device connected to a communication network;
a management device configured to provide the target device with communication parameters via a card having a circuit, the communication parameters allowing the target device to establish communications over the communication network, the management device including a first card drive in which the card stores communication parameters; and
a second card drive, accessible by the target device, for reading the communication parameters stored in the card, the communication parameters providing the target device with network settings to communicate over the communication network. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 18)
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12. A method of performing an initial setting of communication parameters on at least one of a plurality of communications apparatuses, the communication parameters allowing the at least one communications apparatus to communicate over a network, the method comprising:
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allocating the communication parameters to the plurality of communications apparatuses;
programming the communication parameters onto an information recordable medium at a management apparatus;
reading the communication parameters from the information recordable medium at the plurality of communication apparatuses, wherein the plurality of communication apparatuses are located separate from the management apparatus, and wherein the plurality of communication apparatuses initially cannot access the network; and
configuring the communication parameters in the plurality of communication apparatuses, thereby allowing the communication apparatuses to communicate over the network.
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15. A method of setting management parameters in a device, comprising:
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storing device information unique to a target device connected to a network in an information recordable medium, including a circuit, at the target device; and
allowing a management device that manages the target device via the network to read data from the information recordable medium and store the read data including the information unique to the target device.
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16. A method of performing an initial setting of a plurality of communication parameters on a communications apparatus, the plurality of communication parameters allowing the communications apparatus to communicate over a network, the method comprising:
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determining the number of communications apparatuses connected to the network;
programming at least one of the plurality of communication parameters in at least one of the communications apparatuses via an information recordable medium programmed with the plurality of communication parameters;
creating a list comprising a plurality of pairs of communication apparatuses and a selected set of the plurality of communication parameters; and
storing the list on the information recordable medium.
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19. A program storage device that includes a program executing a method of performing an initial setting of communication parameters on a communications apparatus, the communication parameters allowing the communications apparatus to establish communications over a network, the method comprising:
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determining the number of the communications apparatuses connected respectively to the network and a plurality of subnetworks;
programming specific communication parameters from the program storage device in a specific communications apparatus;
automatically setting the communication parameters corresponding to the communications apparatuses other than the specific communications apparatus;
creating a list of pairs of communications apparatuses and the communication parameters set on the communication apparatuses; and
storing the list of pairs on the program storage device.
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20. A communications apparatus connected to a network, comprising:
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an integrated circuit (IC) card drive for reading an IC card that stores communication parameters for allowing the communications apparatus to establish communications over the network, wherein the communication parameters are programmed on the IC card via a management apparatus separate from the communications apparatus; and
a processor that sets the communication parameters stored in the IC card in the communication apparatus.
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21. A computer readable medium that includes a program executing the method comprising:
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reading data from an integrated circuit (IC) card that stores communication parameters for allowing a communications apparatus connected to a network to establish communications over the network, wherein the IC card is programmed with the communication parameters at a management apparatus separate from the communications apparatus; and
setting the communication parameters read from the IC card in the communications apparatus.
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22. A system for setting initial communication parameters on a communications apparatus, wherein the communication parameters allow the communications apparatus to communicate over a network, comprising:
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means for allocating the communication parameters to a plurality of the communications apparatuses;
means for storing the communication parameters in an information recordable medium having a circuit at a first network device, wherein the first network device is separate from the communications apparatus;
means for reading the communication parameters from the information recordable medium at the communications apparatus; and
means for setting the communication parameters in the communications apparatus with the communication parameters read from the information recordable medium, thereby allowing the communications apparatus to communicate over a network. - View Dependent Claims (23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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24. A target device, comprising:
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a drive configured to read data from an information recordable medium having a circuit, wherein the information recordable medium was programmed by a management device, separate from the target device, with communication parameters; and
a communication port, operationally connected to the informational recordable medium drive, and configured to provide a communication path between the target device and a communication network, wherein the communication parameters configure the target device with network settings allowing the target device to communicate over the communications network via the communication port.
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34. A method of setting communication parameters in at least one target device for communicating over a communication network, the method comprising:
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reading communication parameters from an information recordable medium having a circuit, the information recordable medium being programmed with at least one communication parameter by a management device separate from the target device; and
programming at least one parameter in the target device with the at least one communication parameter from the information recordable medium, thereby allowing the target device to communicate over the communication network.
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40. A system for setting communication parameters in at least one target device for communicating over a communication network, the method comprising:
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means for reading communication parameters from an information recordable medium having a circuit, the information recordable medium being programmed with at least one communication parameter by a management device separate from the target device; and
means for programming at least one parameter in the target device with the at least one communication parameter on the information recordable medium, thereby allowing the target device to communicate over the communication network. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42)
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Specification