Patent ID: 9130838
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A device management apparatus configured to monitor and manage a plurality of devices, said device management apparatus comprising: a device status acquiring unit configured to obtain device status of plural devices through a network; and a status user interface unit configured to provide a user interface to a user terminal, for dynamic specification of a particular power filter to selectively specify a limited subset of the plural devices, for display of status information, wherein the user interface provided by the status user interface unit to the user terminal includes the filter creation part displays, for each selected status block, a corresponding filter block with status condition options, for user selection for the particular power filter, and for each displayed status condition option, the status condition option is displayed with a device count indicating a number of matching devices matching the status condition option, amongst the plural devices, wherein the particular power filter comprises a combination of the selected status condition options, and wherein when the particular power filter is the selected filter, the status information display part displays the status information for only particular devices that match the combination of the selected status condition options, amongst the plural devices.