Patent ID: 8020198
Filing Date: 2011-09-13
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A network device management apparatus, which is connected to a network and manages a network device connected to the network, said apparatus comprising: an acquisition unit, configured to acquire status information indicating a status of the network device from the network device; a status information saving unit, configured to save a first management window generated for browsing the status information of the network device acquired by said acquisition unit in a storage unit; an address notification unit, configured to generate a first URL required to access the storage unit and browse the saved first management window, and to notify a pre-registered destination of the generated first URL; and an information providing unit, configured to provide, when an access is made based on the first URL, the first management window saved in the storage unit to an accessing party, wherein said status information saving unit saves a second management window for browsing status information of the network device in the storage unit upon receiving an instruction for modifying a notification condition for a managed network device, wherein said address notification unit generates a second URL required to browse the saved second management window, to notify the pre-registered destination of the generated second URL, and to delete the first management window from the storage unit, and wherein the status information of the network device is displayed not on the first management window but on the second management window after the second management window has been generated.