Network device manager

• US 20050237543A1
• Filed: 06/30/2005
• Published: 10/27/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 02/29/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kikuchi, Koji
• Granted Patent: US 7,539,785 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 358/1.100
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3006 where the computing system is distributed, e.g. networked systems, clusters, multiprocessor systems multiprogramming arrangements G06F9/46; allocation of resources G06F9/50
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3051 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the configuration of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring the presence of processing resources, peripherals, I/O links, software programs verification or detection of system hardware configuration G06F11/2247
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/3055 Monitoring arrangements for monitoring the status of the computing system or of the computing system component, e.g. monitoring if the computing system is on, off, available, not available error or fault processing without redundancy G06F11/0703; error detection or correction by redundancy in data representation G06F11/08; error detection or correction by redundancy in operation G06F11/14; error detection or correction by redundancy in hardware G06F11/16
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 11/328 Computer systems status display G06F11/327 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/12 Discovery or management of network topologies

Abstract

Resource information and status information concerning devices connected to a network is acquired and the information is stored in memory. Icons that are capable of identifying the types of devices connected to the network based upon the stored resource information and status of utilization of the devices that is based upon the stored status information are displayed in combination on a display unit. In order to select (S504, S505, S506) either one or both of the resource information and status information and update this information, a device for which information is to be updated is specified from among the displayed icons. Both the resource information and status information, or whichever information has been selected, of the device that has been specified is acquired and the information in memory is updated (S507) based upon this information. Either or both of resource information and status information concerning a device designated on a network by a user can be acquired and the information can be updated.

Claims

1. A data processing apparatus capable of communicating data with devices connected to a network, comprising:

acquisition means for acquiring resource information and status information concerning the devices connected to the network;

storage means for storing the acquired information in memory;

display control means for displaying, in combination on a display unit, icons that are capable of identifying the types of devices connected to the network based upon the stored resource information, and status of utilization of the devices that is based upon the stored status information; and

specifying means for specifying, from the display of icons, a device to be updated in order to select and update either one or both of the resource information and status information;

said acquisition means acquiring both the resource information and status information, or whichever information has been selected, of the device that has been specified; and

said storage means updating the information in memory based upon the information that has been acquired.

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