Information providing system having a network terminal and network management system which manages a network and provides information of the network to the network terminal

• US 20030197722A1
• Filed: 06/11/2003
• Published: 10/23/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 02/20/1997
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kiminori Sugauchi, Satoshi Miyazaki, Tomohiro Morisada, Toshiaki Hirata, Toshio Sato
• Original Assignee: Kiminori Sugauchi, Satoshi Miyazaki, Tomohiro Morisada, Toshiaki Hirata, Toshio Sato
• Inventors: Sugauchi, Kiminori, Morisada, Tomohiro, Sato, Toshio, Miyazaki, Satoshi, Hirata, Toshiaki
• Application Number:
  US10/458,194
• Publication Number:
  US 20030197722A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 715/736
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/22 comprising specially adapted graphical user interfaces [GUI]

Abstract

A method, apparatus and computer program for displaying partial information related to network equipment connected to a network being managed by a network management system. The partial information is required for network management to be conducted from the network equipment. A managed terminal is included in each network equipment. The network management system collects management information from each network equipment and stores management information therein. When conducting network management, the managed terminal sends a request for network management. The network management system in response transfers a program for managing the network to the managed terminal. The transferred program informs the network management system of the identification of the managed terminal. Partial information is transferred to the managed terminal based on the identification. The managed terminal then displays the transferred partial information.

Claims

1. A network management tool on a storage medium for execution by a network management system which collects management information from each of a plurality of network equipment connected to a network, and stores the collected management information, said network management tool comprising:

a display program which is activated when transferred to a network equipment requesting network management, said display program causes the display of information required for network management on said network equipment;

a transfer program for transferring said display program to said network equipment; and

an information program for informing said display program transferred to said network equipment of information required for network management to be displayed on said network equipment,

wherein said information program executes processing for informing said display program of a partial map related to said network equipment, and

wherein said display program executes processing for specifying said network equipment by collecting identification information for identifying said network equipment, informing said information program of the collected identification information and causing the display of said partial map informed by said information program on said network equipment.