Patent ID: 8233171

Claim:
A device managing apparatus which manages devices connected thereto via a network, the device managing apparatus comprising: a device management page presence determining unit configured to determine whether each of the devices has a unique device management page therefor; a first creating unit configured, when said device management page presence determining unit determines that one of the devices does not have the unique device management page therefor, to create a device management page for the one of the devices; a communication possibility determining unit configured, when said device management page presence determining unit determines that another one of the devices has the unique device management page therefor, to determine whether it is possible to communicate with the another one of the devices; an acquiring unit configured, when said communication possibility determining device determines that it is possible to communicate with the another one of the devices, to acquire identification information for accessing the unique device management page for the another one of the devices; a second creating unit configured, when said communication possibility determining device determines that it is impossible to communicate with the another one of the devices, to create a device management page for the another one of the devices; and a display control unit configured to control a display apparatus to display a device list including a list of names of the devices connected to the device managing apparatus; wherein the device list: correlates the one of the devices which does not have the unique device management page with the device management page created by said first creating unit, correlates, when it is determined that it is impossible for the another one of the devices to communicate with the device managing apparatus, the another one of the devices with the device management page created by said second creating unit, and correlates, when it is determined that it is possible for the another one of the devices having the unique device management page to communicate with the device managing apparatus, the another one of the devices with the unique device management page accessible with the identification information acquired by said acquiring unit.