Patent ID: 9413907
Filing Date: 2016-08-09
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A communication device which is connected with a management device via a network, comprising: a management command receiving unit, inside a firewall, configured by a hardware processor to start a connection of the communication device with the management device, outside the firewall, and receive a management command from the management device via the firewall in response to the connection, wherein the management command including not only a management command sent to the communication device but also a management command sent to one or more external devices; a management command analysis unit configured to analyze the management command received from the management device, and determine whether the received management command is a management command sent to the communication device or a management command sent to the one or more external devices connected with the communication device; and a control unit configured to execute a process according to the received management command in response to the analysis of the management command analysis unit; and a communication unit configured to receive device-state information from a corresponding one of the one or more external devices as a response to a device message sent by the communication device to the corresponding external device based on the management command received by the management command receiving unit, wherein the device-state information includes at least a setting of operation of the corresponding external device.