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CONTROL PROXY APPARATUS AND CONTROL PROXY METHOD

  • US 20100287270A1
  • Filed: 05/12/2010
  • Published: 11/11/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/13/2007
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A control proxy apparatus comprising:

  • a management-apparatus-information storage unit that stores therein identification information for uniquely identifying each of a plurality of management apparatuses that manage various apparatuses and a communication format of each of the management apparatuses;

    an apparatus-information storage unit that stores therein apparatus information for executing various types of control, in association with each apparatus to be a control target apparatus;

    an authenticating unit that determines, when receiving a control request for requesting execution of various types of control from the plurality of management apparatuses, whether authentication information stored in the control request is stored in the management-apparatus-information storage unit;

    an apparatus-information acquiring unit that acquires, when the authenticating unit determines that the authentication information is stored in the management-apparatus-information storage unit, apparatus information corresponding to the control target apparatus to be controlled by the received control request, from the apparatus-information storage unit; and

    a control executing unit that converts control information contained in the control request and indicating control contents based on the apparatus information acquired by the apparatus-information acquiring unit, and executes the converted control information on the control target apparatus.

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