System configuration information comparison device and computer program

• US 20070214244A1
• Filed: 02/22/2007
• Published: 09/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 03/07/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: OKI Electric Industry Company Limited
• Original Assignee: OKI Electric Industry Company Limited
• Inventors: Hitokoto, Tomoya, Oki, Kazutaka, Matsui, Noriyuki, Nakagawa, Yoko
• Application Number:
  US11/709,122
• Publication Number:
  US 20070214244A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/220
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 9/44505 Configuring for program initiating, e.g. using registry, configuration files

Abstract

A system configuration information comparison device and a computer program are provided that allow easy comparison of system configuration information and a parameter sheet. The invention provides a system configuration information comparison device (130) that includes a receiving portion that receives system configuration information (112) and a parameter sheet (120); a comparison portion that compares the system configuration information (112) and sections of the parameter sheet (120) that correspond with the system configuration information (112); and an output portion that outputs a comparison report (140) for the system configuration information (112) and the parameter sheet (120) based on the result of the comparison of the system configuration information (112) and the sections of the parameter sheet (120) that correspond with the system configuration information (112).

Claims

1. A system configuration information comparison device for comparing system configuration information, which is information about an operating system that controls a computer system, and a parameter sheet in which system configuration information used when configuring the computer system is entered, the system configuration information comparison device comprising:

a receiving portion that receives the system configuration information and the parameter sheet;

a comparison portion that compares the system configuration information and sections of the parameter sheet that correspond with the system configuration information; and

an output portion that outputs a comparison report for the system configuration information and the parameter sheet based on the result of the comparison of the system configuration information and the sections of the parameter sheet that correspond with the system configuration information.

2. The system configuration information comparison device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a web page display portion that displays a web page that is accessible from outside using a web browser, wherein

the system configuration information and the parameter sheet are transmittable from the web browser via the web page displayed by the display portion.

3. The system configuration information comparison device according to claim 1, wherein

the output portion outputs the comparison report in a format that can be displayed by the web browser.

4. A system configuration information comparison device for comparing at least two sets of system configuration information, which is information about an operating system that controls a computer system, the system configuration information comparison device comprising:

a receiving portion that receives first system configuration information and second system configuration information, which is information about the operating system that controls the computer system;

a comparison portion that compares the first system configuration information and the second system configuration information; and

an output portion that outputs a comparison report for the first system configuration information and the second system configuration information based on the result of the comparison of the first system configuration information and the second system configuration information.

5. The system configuration information comparison device according to claim 4, wherein

the first system configuration information and the second system configuration information are respective sets of information about different computers.

6. The system configuration information comparison device according to claim 4, further comprising:

a web page display portion that displays a web page that is accessible from outside using a web browser, wherein

the first system configuration information and the second system configuration information are transmittable from the web browser via the web page displayed by the display portion.

7. The system configuration information comparison device according to claim 4, wherein

the output portion outputs the comparison report in a format that can be displayed by the web browser.

8. A computer program that comprises instructions that command a computer system to execute the steps of:

receiving system configuration information and a parameter sheet, the system configuration information being information about an operating system that controls a computer system, and the parameter sheet including entered system configuration information that was used when configuring the computer system;

comparing the system configuration information and sections of the parameter sheet that correspond with the system configuration information; and

outputting a comparison report for the system configuration information and the parameter sheet, the comparison report being based on the result of the comparison of the system configuration information and the sections of the parameter sheet that correspond with the system configuration information.

9. The computer program according to claim 8, wherein

the comparison report is output in a format that can be displayed on a web browser.

10. A computer program that comprises instructions that command a computer system to execute the steps of:

receiving first system configuration information and second system configuration information, the first system configuration information and the second system configuration information being information about an operating system that controls a computer system;

comparing the first system configuration information and the second system configuration information; and

outputting a comparison report for the first system configuration information and the second system configuration information based on the result of the comparison of the first system configuration information and the second system configuration information.

11. The computer program according to claim 10, wherein

the comparison report is output in a format that can be displayed on a web browser.