Patent ID: 9621531
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A device, comprising: equipment information creating request receiving means for receiving an equipment information creating request issued by external equipment; date/time obtaining means for obtaining information for identifying a date/time; identification means for identifying, from the equipment information creating request, a request source identifier that is associated with a request source of the equipment information creating request received by the equipment information creating request receiving means, for identifying a path display identifier that is associated with the request source identifier, for identifying a validity period based on the path display identifier, and for indicating a connection path between the device and the request source; and output means for outputting, to the external equipment, in response to the equipment information creating request, at least the request source identifier and the path display identifier identified by the identification means and the information for identifying a date/time; wherein the validity period varies depending upon the connection path.