Patent ID: 7056039
Filing Date: 2006-06-06
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A device associative management system for networks in which a plurality of network devices are connected so as to be capable of communicating with each other, and wherein any one of said plurality of network devices can become a representative network device, said device associative management system comprising a management information storage section for storing management information, and wherein each of said network devices comprises: a mode switching section which switches said network device to a mode in which said network device becomes said representative network device and a mode in which said network device becomes a dependent network device other than said representative network device among said plurality of network devices; a management information transmission section which sends management information of said network device itself to said representative network device; a management information reception section which receives the management information; and a management information registration section which registers the management information received by said management information reception section in said management information storage section, wherein, when said network device itself is said representative network device, said network device validates operations of said management information reception section and said management information registration section, and wherein, when said network device itself is said dependent network device, said network device validates operations of said management information transmission section.