Network database control device and method thereof
First Claim
1. A network device control apparatus for acquiring information from a plurality of printing apparatuses by using a network management program, and displaying the acquired information of a selected printing apparatus, comprising at least a processor,wherein the processor functions as:
- an invoking unit configured to invoke the network management program;
an acquiring unit configured to acquire information related to the plurality of printing apparatuses by using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) via a network when the network management program is invoked by the invoking unit;
a printing apparatus displaying unit configured to display, on a display, symbols representing the plurality of printing apparatuses, based on the information related to the plurality of printing apparatuses acquired by the acquiring unit;
a printing apparatus selecting unit configured to accept a user'"'"'s selection of a symbol from among the symbols displayed on the display by the printing apparatus displaying unit;
a setting unit configured to set management information to a printing apparatus corresponding to the selected symbol by the printing apparatus selecting unit; and
an output unit configured to output, when it is detected that the printing apparatus corresponding to the selected symbol by the printing apparatus selecting unit is managed by another network device control apparatus, a warning screen indicative of being managed by the other network device control apparatus before setting the management information by the setting unit.
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Abstract
A network device control unit and method are provided in which, not all MIB objects under the control of the network management software are simultaneously acquired during startup of the network management software so the almost simultaneous flow of a large volume of SNMP packets in the LAN will not occur and along with a simultaneous reduction in the load on communications lines, the load on devices such as the printer and network board processing their SNMP packets will also become small. To accomplish this, windows allocated to individual network peripheral devices on a one to one basis and controlling the network device are utilized as device windows, and information to be displayed on the initial screen of the device window is acquired as the initial sheet and displayed. Device windows also acquire and display different sheet information on the device window when determined an entry has been made by the user requesting display of a different type of sheet information.
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12 Claims
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1. A network device control apparatus for acquiring information from a plurality of printing apparatuses by using a network management program, and displaying the acquired information of a selected printing apparatus, comprising at least a processor,
wherein the processor functions as: -
an invoking unit configured to invoke the network management program; an acquiring unit configured to acquire information related to the plurality of printing apparatuses by using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) via a network when the network management program is invoked by the invoking unit; a printing apparatus displaying unit configured to display, on a display, symbols representing the plurality of printing apparatuses, based on the information related to the plurality of printing apparatuses acquired by the acquiring unit; a printing apparatus selecting unit configured to accept a user'"'"'s selection of a symbol from among the symbols displayed on the display by the printing apparatus displaying unit; a setting unit configured to set management information to a printing apparatus corresponding to the selected symbol by the printing apparatus selecting unit; and an output unit configured to output, when it is detected that the printing apparatus corresponding to the selected symbol by the printing apparatus selecting unit is managed by another network device control apparatus, a warning screen indicative of being managed by the other network device control apparatus before setting the management information by the setting unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 10)
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4. A method of controlling a network device control apparatus to acquire information from a plurality of printing apparatuses by using a network management program, and to display acquired information of a selected printing apparatus, the method comprising:
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controlling the network device control apparatus to invoke the network management program; controlling the network device control apparatus to acquire information related to the plurality of printing apparatuses by using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) via a network when the network management program is invoked by the network device control apparatus; controlling the network device control apparatus to display, on a display, symbols representing the plurality of printing apparatuses, based on the acquired information related to the plurality of printing apparatuses; controlling the network device control apparatus to accept a user'"'"'s selection of a symbol from among the symbols displayed on the display; controlling the network device control apparatus to set management information to a printing apparatus corresponding to the selected symbol; and when it is detected that the printing apparatus corresponding to the selected symbol is managed by another network device control apparatus, controlling the network device control apparatus to output a warning screen indicative of being managed by the other network device control apparatus before setting the management information. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6, 11)
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7. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium which retrievably stores a computer-executable program that causes a network device control apparatus to execute a method for controlling the network device control apparatus to acquire information from a plurality of printing apparatuses by using a network management program, and to display acquired information of a selected printing apparatus, the method comprising:
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controlling the network device control apparatus to invoke the network management program; controlling the network device control apparatus to acquire information related to the plurality of printing apparatuses by using SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) via a network when the network management program is invoked by the network device control apparatus; controlling the network device control apparatus to display, on a display, symbols representing the plurality of printing apparatuses, based on the acquired information related to the plurality of printing apparatuses; controlling the network device control apparatus to accept a user'"'"'s selection of a symbol from among the symbols displayed on the display; controlling the network device control apparatus to set management information to a printing apparatus corresponding to the selected symbol; and when it is detected that the printing apparatus corresponding to the selected symbol is managed by another network device control apparatus, controlling the network device control apparatus to output a warning screen indicative of being managed by the other network device control apparatus before setting the management information. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 12)
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