Patent ID: 6970923
Filing Date: 2005-11-29
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A device management network system including a management server, one or more network devices to be managed, and one or more client devices, each of said one or more network devices comprising: a status information storing part for storing status information; a monitoring part for monitoring predetermined parts to determine whether each of the predetermined parts is functioning properly, and updating the status information stored in said status information storing part so as to include information about all abnormalities that have occurred in the predetermined parts based on monitoring results; and a request responding part for, when receiving a status information request from said management server, sending the status information stored in said status information storing part to said management server, and said management server comprising: a status information obtaining part for, when receiving a device-details screen request containing identification information of a network device among said one or more network devices from a client device running a Web browser, obtaining status information stored in said status information storing part of the network device identified by the identification information in the device-details screen request by sending the status information request to the network device; a specifying part for specifying all abnormalities that has occurred in the network device identified by the identification information in the device-details screen request based on the status information obtained by said information obtaining part; and an information sending part for sending information indicating all abnormalities specified by said specifying part to the client device that has sent the device-details screen request, wherein said information sending part of said management server sends information containing names of image files associating with the abnormalities specified by said specifying part.