Asset management system and asset management method
First Claim
1. An asset management system for managing a network asset communicably connectable to a computer network, said asset management system comprising:
- storage means for storing management information of the network asset communicably connectable to the computer network, including network asset identifying information identifying the network asset and computer network node identifying information of the network asset identifying the network asset on the computer network to which the network asset is communicably connected;
determining means for determining sender and destination network address of information circulating over the computer network and for determining whether said information circulating over the computer network is information sent from the network asset being managed or information addressed to the network asset being managed;
gathering means for gathering network asset management information, including network asset identifying information identifying the network asset being managed and computer network node identifying information of the network asset based upon the information circulating over the computer network, when determined by said determining means that the information circulating over the computer network is information sent from the network asset being managed or information addressed to the network asset being managed; and
updating means for comparing the gathered network asset management information with the stored network asset management information and when the gathered network asset management information and the stored network asset management information are not same, updating the stored network asset management information with the gathered network asset management information.
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Abstract
A network asset manager determines sender and destination network address included in header of information circulating over a computer network, gathers network asset management information, including network asset identifying information identifying a network asset being managed and computer network node identifying information of the network asset, based upon the information circulating over the computer network, and compares the gathered network asset management information with stored network asset management information to update the stored network asset management information with the gathered network asset management information.
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24 Claims
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1. An asset management system for managing a network asset communicably connectable to a computer network, said asset management system comprising:
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storage means for storing management information of the network asset communicably connectable to the computer network, including network asset identifying information identifying the network asset and computer network node identifying information of the network asset identifying the network asset on the computer network to which the network asset is communicably connected; determining means for determining sender and destination network address of information circulating over the computer network and for determining whether said information circulating over the computer network is information sent from the network asset being managed or information addressed to the network asset being managed; gathering means for gathering network asset management information, including network asset identifying information identifying the network asset being managed and computer network node identifying information of the network asset based upon the information circulating over the computer network, when determined by said determining means that the information circulating over the computer network is information sent from the network asset being managed or information addressed to the network asset being managed; and updating means for comparing the gathered network asset management information with the stored network asset management information and when the gathered network asset management information and the stored network asset management information are not same, updating the stored network asset management information with the gathered network asset management information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. An asset management system for managing a network asset communicably connectable to a computer network, said asset management system comprising:
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a storage medium storing management information of the network asset communicably connectable to the computer network, including network asset information identifying the network asset and computer network node identifying information of the network asset to identify the network asset on a computer network to which the network asset is communicably connected; a controller in communication with said storage medium, and performing processes comprising; (i) determining sender and destination network address of information circulating over the computer network and determining whether said information circulating over the computer network is information sent from the network asset being managed or information addressed to the network asset being managed; (ii) gathering network asset management information, including network asset identifying information identifying the network asset being managed and computer network node identifying information of the network asset, based upon the information circulating over the computer network, when determined by said determining that the information circulating over the computer network is information sent from the network asset being managed or information addressed to the network asset being manage; and (iii) comparing the gathered network asset management information with the stored network asset management information and when the gathered network asset management information and the stored network asset management information are not same, updating the stored network asset management information with the gathered network asset management information.
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23. An asset management system in which clients of network sections and a server are in communication by a computer network, the system comprising:
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an asset management client in each network section to gather network asset management information of network assets communicably connectable to and belonging to each corresponding network section and an asset management server in communication with each asset management client by the computer network to analyze the network asset management information gathered by each asset management client of each network section and to manage network assets of all the network sections wherein; said asset management server comprises a storage medium for storing a master file registering network asset management information of the network assets, said network asset management information including network section identifying information identifying each network section, network asset identifying information identifying the network asset belonging to each network section and network section node identifying information identifying a connection node capable of connecting the asset at each section to the the network asset on the network section to which the network asset belongs, said asset management client comprises a storage medium for storing, based upon sender and destination network address of information circulating over the computer network, in association with network section information identifying a belonging network section of said network asset management client, network asset management information of the network asset including network asset identifying information identifying the network asset belonging to the network section of said asset management client and network section node identifying information identifying the network asset on the network section to which the network asset belongs, said asset management client further comprises a controller to perform a process comprising; gathering, from the information circulating over the computer network, the network asset management information of each network asset belonging to each network section of each asset management client, network asset management information including information identifying the network asset, being managed, of the network section of said asset management client and network section node identifying information identifying a the network asset on the network section to which the network asset belongs, when determined that the information circulating over the computer network is information sent from the network asset, being managed, of the network section of said asset management client or information addressed to the network asset, said asset management server further comprises a controller to perform a process comprising; comparing the network asset management information of each network asset belonging to each network section gathered by the asset management client of each network section with the master file network asset management information, and when the gathered network asset management information and the master file network asset management information are not same according to the comparing, updating the master file network asset management information with the gathered management information.
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24. An asset management system for managing a network asset communicably connectable to a computer network, said asset management system comprising:
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a storage unit to store management information of the network asset communicably connectable to the computer network, including network asset identifying information identifying the network asset and computer network node identifying information to identify the network asset on the computer network to which the network asset is communicably connected; a determining unit sender and destination network address of information circulating over the computer network and for determining whether said information circulating over the computer network is information sent from the network asset being managed or information addressed to the network asset being managed; a gathering unit gathering network asset management information, including network asset identifying information identifying the network asset being managed and computer network node identifying information identifying of the network asset, based upon the information circulating over the computer network, when determined by said determining that the information circulating over the computer network is information sent from the network asset being managed or information addressed to the network asset being managed; and an updating unit to compare the gathered network asset management information with the stored network asset management information and to update the stored network asset management information according to the comparison.
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