Patent ID: 7779108
Filing Date: 2010-08-17
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A device management system, comprising: at least one first device connected to a network; a personal computer connected to the network; at least one second device connected to the personal computer, wherein the at least one second device communicates with the network exclusively via the personal computer; and a management device connected to the network; wherein the management device comprises: wherein the personal computer is configured to have a device driver installed thereon, wherein the personal computer comprises: wherein the list generation unit generates the device list such that device information for the at least one first device is related to a reply from the at least one first device, and device information for the at least one second device is related to the combined information received from the personal computer, wherein, in the device list, the device information for the at least one first device includes identification information of the at least one first device and a first device network address, and the device information for that at least one second device includes identification information of the at least one second device and a personal computer network address, wherein the first management command generation unit is configured to transmit the first management command to the first device network address and the second management command generation unit is configured to transmit the second management command to the personal computer network address; and wherein the request judgment unit is configured to accept the request if the target device is listed in the device list generated by the list generation unit, and to judge whether the target device is the at least one first device or the at least one second device based on device information of the target device in the device list.