Source: https://patents.justia.com/patent/6970923
Timestamp: 2019-08-22 05:19:57
Document Index: 622700767

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US Patent for Device management network system management server and computer readable medium Patent (Patent # 6,970,923 issued November 29, 2005) - Justia Patents Search
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Device management network system management server and computer readable medium
Apr 3, 2000 - Seiko Epson Corporation
FIG. 2 shows an example of the device-details screen included in the device-details page in the case where two abnormalities have occurred in the selected printing device 10. As shown in the figure, the device-details screen 31 in this case includes four pieces of information (two status description strings 32, and error images 351 and 352) each of which indicates abnormality has occurred in the selected printing device 10, a status level image 33, which indicates the severity of the malfunction of the specified printing device 10, and a printer image 34, which shows the external appearance of the selected printing device 10 or of a representative printing device in the category to which the selected printer device 10 belongs. Note that, in the case where the selected printing device 10 operates normally, displayed is the device-detail page with the device-details screen 31 which includes “States: Normal Operation” as the status description string 32 and no error image within an area 36 defined by the dotted lines.
The controlling unit 211 is a unit that controls each part of the management server 20, and is constructed of a CPU 211a, a ROM 211b, and a RAM 211c, etc. The display controlling unit 213 is a unit utilized by a controlling part 211 in order to display images on the display 220. The input device 230 is a device used by a system administrator in order to provide the management server 20 (controlling part 211) with various kinds of instructions, and is constructed of a mouse and a keyboard, etc. The network interface unit 216 is a unit used by the controlling part 211 when communications with other devices are required.
As for image data files, the storing part 25, as schematically shown in FIG. 8, stores files of status level images 33a through 33e each corresponding to a value of prtAlertSeverityLevel and a value of prtAlertTrainingLevel. Also, as shown in FIG. 9, the storing part 25 stores files of printer images 34a through 34c each corresponding to a value of prtMakerTech. Furthermore, the storing part 25 stores files of printer images of several specific printing devices corresponding to the values of hrDeviceDescr. In addition, as schematically shown in FIG. 10, the storing part 25 stores files of error images 35a through 35f corresponding to the values of hrDevicesStatus, hrPrinterStatus, and hrPrinterDetectedErrorState.
In this step S204, in the case that the value of prtAlertSeverityLevel is “other”, “warning” or “communication error”, the screen data generating part 23 determines the image file of the status level image 33a, 33b, or 33e (see FIG. 8) to embed in the device-details screen 31, respectively. When the prtAlertSeverityLevel value is “critical” and the prtAlertTrainingLevel value is “fieldservice”, the screen data generating part 23 determines to use the image file of the status level image 33d. When the prtAlertSeverityLevel value is “critical” and the prtAlertTrainingLevel value is not “fieldservice”, the screen data generating part 23 determines to use the image file of the status level image 33c.
In this step S206, the screen data generating part 23, first, judges whether a printer image file corresponding to the retrieved hrDeviceDescr value exists in the storing part 25. Then, if such printer image file exists, the screen data generating part 23 determines the printer image file to embed in the device-details screen 31. On the other hands, if such printer image file does not exit, the screen data generating part 23 determines to use a printer image file for one of the generic printer images 34a through 34c in accordance with the prtMakerTech value (see FIG. 9).
After determining the printer image file for the device details screen 31, the screen data generating part 23 retrieves values of hrDeviceStatus, hrPrinterStatus, and hrPrinterDetectedErrorState from the MIB database 150 of the selected printing device 10 (step S207). Then, based on the retrieved values, the screen data generating part 23 selects, from the files of error images 35a to 35f (see FIG. 10), one or more of error image files to embed in the device-details screen 31 (step S208). Note that, when hrPrinterDetectedErrorState is “noToner,” the screen data generating part 23 determines whether to use a file of an error image 35c for “No Toner”, or a file of an error image 35d for “No Ink” based on the prtMakerTech value that has been retrieved.
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: said management server comprising:
2. The device management network system according to claim 1, wherein the status information in said status information storing part of a network device contains type information of the network device, and wherein said management server further comprises:
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Patent number: 6970923
Inventors: Masanori Mukaiyama (Nagano), Nobuhiro Gunji (Nagano), Toshihiko Takizawa (Nagano)
Primary Examiner: Abdullahi E. Salad
Application Number: 09/541,593
Current U.S. Class: Computer Network Managing (709/223); Computer Network Monitoring (709/224); Communication (358/1.15)