Patent ID: 7647395

Claim:
A terminal management system having a terminal apparatus connected to a local network capable of transmitting and receiving information, a management server capable of transmitting and receiving information relating to said terminal apparatus through said local network, and a client terminal capable of receiving said information relating to said terminal apparatus from said management server through said local network, said management server comprising: a terminal searching section for searching for a new terminal apparatus connected to said local network; a terminal information transmitting section for transmitting new terminal information relating to said new terminal apparatus searched by said terminal searching section to said client terminal with reference to information relating to said client terminal via an e-mail indicating the status of said new terminal apparatus; a driver information requesting section for requesting driver information from a data server connected to an external network different from said local network in response to a request for web access from said client terminal; a driver information transmitting section for transmitting the driver information included in a web page to said client terminal; a driver requesting section for requesting a driver program for operating said new terminal apparatus to the data server upon reception of a request for the driver program from said client terminal and for not requesting the driver program for operating said new terminal apparatus when not receiving said request for the driver program from said client terminal; a driver receiving section for receiving said driver program transmitted from said data server in accordance with said request from said driver requesting section; an installer adding section for adding said driver program received by said driver receiving section to an installer; and an installer transmitting section for transmitting to said client terminal said installer added with said driver program by said installer adding section, and said client terminal comprising: a request information transmitting section for transmitting said request for access to said driver program corresponding to said new terminal apparatus to said management server in accordance with said information relating to said new terminal apparatus transmitted from said management server; and an installing section for installing said driver program transmitted from said management server upon execution of said installer for said driver program.