MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, MANAGEMENT METHOD AND MANAGEMENT PROGRAM

• US 20090089443A1
• Filed: 07/22/2008
• Published: 04/02/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/11/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Business Technologies Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: TANAKA, Kazuyoshi, YASUNAGA, Yutaka
• Granted Patent: US 8,099,507 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/228
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 15/16 Combinations of two or more digital computers each having at least an arithmetic unit, a program unit and a register, e.g. for a simultaneous processing of several programs coordinating program control therefor G06F9/52; in regulating and control system G05B

Abstract

A management system including a management apparatus and a managed apparatus connected with each other by a communications network, the system having a registration controller, wherein in an initial registration phase where the managed apparatus sends a registration request notice to the management apparatus, and the management apparatus returns a registration permission notice to the managed apparatus; in cases where a first communications method is utilized that enables immediate mutual communication, the registration controller determines that a final registration has completed when the managed apparatus has received the registration permission notice; and in cases where a second communications method via a server is utilized, the registration controller determines that a temporary registration has completed when connection between the managed apparatus and the server has been established, and when the managed apparatus has acquired the registration permission notice, the registration controller determines that the final registration has completed.

Claims

1. A management system comprising a management apparatus and a managed apparatus which being managed by the management apparatus, connected with each other by a communications network;

the management system comprising a registration controller,

wherein in an initial registration phase where the managed apparatus sends a registration request notice to the management apparatus, and the management apparatus returns a registration permission notice to the managed apparatus in response to the registration request notice;

in cases where a first communications method is utilized that enables immediate mutual communication between the management apparatus and the managed apparatus, the registration controller determines that a final registration has completed at a phase when the managed apparatus has received the registration permission notice from the management apparatus, and

in cases where a second communications method via a server is utilized between the management apparatus and managed apparatus, the registration controller determines that a temporary registration has completed at a phase when connection between the managed apparatus and the server has been established, and at a phase when the managed apparatus has acquired the registration permission notice from the management apparatus, the registration controller determines that the final registration has completed.

2. The management system of claim 1, further comprising a display section capable of discriminatively displaying the completion of the temporary registration and the completion of the final registration.

3. The management system of claim 1, wherein in the first communications method the management apparatus and the managed apparatus are connected via a telephone line, and in the second communications method the management apparatus and the managed apparatus are connected via a mail server or an HTTP server.

4. The management system of claim 3, wherein the phase when the connection between the managed apparatus and the server has been established is one of a phase when the managed apparatus has sent a mail of the registration request notice to the mail server, and a phase when the managed apparatus has created a directory to store the registration request notice into the HTTP server.

5. The management system of claim 1, wherein the registration controller enables to use some of functions preset on the managed apparatus, when the registration controller has determined that the temporary registration has completed.

6. The management system of claim 1, wherein the registration controller is configured to be capable of making selection as to whether or not to make the decision of completion of the temporary registration in the case of the second communications method.

7. A management method for a management system comprising a management apparatus and a managed apparatus which being managed by the management apparatus, connected with each other by a communications network;

wherein in an initial registration phase where the managed apparatus sends a registration request notice to the management apparatus, and the management apparatus returns a registration permission notice to the managed apparatus in response to the registration request notice;

the management method comprising the steps of;

determining that a final registration has completed at a phase when the managed apparatus has received the registration permission notice from the management apparatus, in cases where a first communications method is utilized that permits immediate mutual communication between the management apparatus and the managed apparatus; and

in cases where a second communications method via a server is utilized between the management apparatus and managed apparatus,

determining that a temporary registration has completed at a phase when connection between the managed apparatus and the server has been established; and

determining that that the final registration has completed at a phase when the managed apparatus has acquired the registration permission notice from the management apparatus.

8. The management method of claim 7, further comprising a step of discriminatively displaying the completion of the temporary registration and the completion of the final registration.

9. The management method of claim 7, wherein in the first communications method the management apparatus and the managed apparatus are connected via a telephone line, and in the second communications method the management apparatus and the managed apparatus are connected via a mail server or an HTTP server.

10. The management method of claim 9, wherein the phase when the connection between the managed apparatus and the server has been established is one of a phase when the managed apparatus has sent a mail of the registration request notice to the mail server, and a phase when the managed apparatus has created a directory to store the registration request notice into the HTTP server.

11. The management method of claim 7, further comprising a step of enabling to use some of functions preset on the managed apparatus, after the step of determining that a temporary registration has completed.

12. A computer-readable storage medium stored therein a management program which is executable by a managed apparatus connected with a management apparatus via communications network, the management program allow a computer of the managed apparatus to function as a registration controller,

wherein in an initial registration phase where the managed apparatus sends a registration request notice to the management apparatus, and the management apparatus returns a registration permission notice to the managed apparatus in response to the registration request notice;

in cases where a first communications method is utilized that permits immediate mutual communication between the management apparatus and the managed apparatus, the registration controller determines that a final registration has completed at a phase when the managed apparatus has received the registration permission notice from the management apparatus, and

in cases where a second communications method via a server is utilized between the management apparatus and managed apparatus, the registration controller determines that a temporary registration has completed at a phase when connection between the managed apparatus and the server has been established, and at a phase when the managed apparatus has acquired the registration permission notice from the management apparatus, the registration controller determines that the final registration has completed.

13. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein in the first communications method the management apparatus and the managed apparatus are connected via a telephone line, and in the second communications method the management apparatus and the managed apparatus are connected via a mail server or an HTTP server.

14. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 13, wherein the phase when the connection between the managed apparatus and the server has been established is one of a phase when the managed apparatus has sent a mail of the registration request notice to the mail server, and a phase when the managed apparatus has created a directory to store the registration request notice into the HTTP server.

15. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the registration controller enables to use some of functions preset on the managed apparatus, when the registration controller has determined that the temporary registration has completed.

16. The computer-readable storage medium of claim 12, wherein the registration controller is configured to be capable of making selection as to whether or not to make the decision of completion of the temporary registration in the case of the second communications method.