CONTROL PROXY APPARATUS AND CONTROL PROXY METHOD
First Claim
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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Abstract
A control proxy apparatus includes: a management-apparatus-information storage unit that stores identification information for uniquely identifying a management apparatus that manages various apparatuses and a communication format of the management apparatus; an apparatus-information storage unit that stores apparatus information for executing various types of control, in association with each control target apparatus; an authenticating unit that determines, when receiving a control request from the management apparatus, whether authentication information 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, from the apparatus-information storage unit; and a control executing unit that converts control information in the control request 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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7 Claims
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1. A control proxy apparatus comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A control proxy method comprising:
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firstly storing 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; secondly storing apparatus information for executing various types of control, in association with each apparatus to be a control target apparatus; determining, 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 firstly storing; acquiring, when it is determined in the determining that the authentication information is stored in the firstly storing, apparatus information corresponding to the control target apparatus to be controlled by the received control request, from information stored in the secondly storing; and converting control information contained in the control request and indicating control contents based on the apparatus information acquired in the acquiring, and executing the converted control information on the control target apparatus.
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7. A computer readable storage medium having stored therein a control proxy program, the program causing a computer to execute a process comprising:
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firstly storing 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; secondly storing apparatus information for executing various types of control, in association with each apparatus to be a control target apparatus; determining, 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 firstly storing; acquiring, when it is determined in the determining that the authentication information is stored in the firstly storing, apparatus information corresponding to the control target apparatus to be controlled by the received control request, from information stored in the secondly storing; and converting control information contained in the control request and indicating control contents based on the apparatus information acquired in the acquiring, and executing the converted control information on the control target apparatus.
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