DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, DEVICE MANAGER, RELAY MANAGEMENT DEVICE, DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM
First Claim
1. A device management system configured to connect through a network a device manager that manages a device, and a relay manager that connects to multiple devices through a local communication path;
- the device manager including a first network communicator configured to sent to the relay manager through the network a first process request, the first process request conforming to a specific network communication protocol used to manage management targets that connect to the network, and containing device identification information identifying a device that connects to the relay manager; and
the relay manager including a second network communicator configured to receive the first process request through the network,a generator configured to acquire from the first process request target identification information identifying management information to process in the management information of the device, and generate a second process request containing the target identification information, anda local communicator configured to send the second process request through the local communication path to the device indicated by the device identification information contained in the first process request.
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Abstract
Provided is technology simplifying managing locally connected devices. A device management system configured to connect through a network a device manager and a relay manager that connects to multiple devices through a local communication path. The device manager sends to the relay manager through the network a first process request, the first process request conforming to SNMP, and containing device identification information identifying a device that connects to the relay manager. The relay manager acquires from the first process request target identification information identifying management information to process in the management information of a device, generate a second process request containing the target identification information, and send the second process request through the local communication path indicated by the device identification information contained in the first process request.
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11 Claims
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1. A device management system configured to connect through a network a device manager that manages a device, and a relay manager that connects to multiple devices through a local communication path;
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the device manager including a first network communicator configured to sent to the relay manager through the network a first process request, the first process request conforming to a specific network communication protocol used to manage management targets that connect to the network, and containing device identification information identifying a device that connects to the relay manager; and the relay manager including a second network communicator configured to receive the first process request through the network, a generator configured to acquire from the first process request target identification information identifying management information to process in the management information of the device, and generate a second process request containing the target identification information, and a local communicator configured to send the second process request through the local communication path to the device indicated by the device identification information contained in the first process request. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A relay manager configured to connect to multiple devices through a local communication path, and connect to a device manager that manages the devices, wherein:
the relay manager receives through the network from the device manager a first process request, the first process request conforming to a specific network communication protocol used to manage management targets that connect to the network, and containing device identification information identifying a device that connects to the relay manager, and acquires from the first process request target identification information identifying management information to process in the management information of the device, generates a second process request containing the target identification information, and send the second process request through the local communication path to the device indicated by the device identification information contained in the first process request.
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11. A recording medium recording a relay manager program causing a computer that connects to multiple devices through a local communication path to execute a process relaying communications for managing devices, the recording medium causing executing:
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a function of receiving through a network from a device manager a first process request, the first process request conforming to a specific network communication protocol used to manage management targets that connect to the network, and containing device identification information identifying a device; a function of acquiring from the first process request target identification information identifying management information to process in management information of the device, and generating a second process request containing the target identification information; and a function of sending the second process request through the local communication path to the device indicated by the device identification information contained in the first process request.
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