Patent ID: 7194530

Claim:
A management system comprising: a target server into which a target product is installed, the target product providing a security function; and a management server which manages the target product via a network, wherein the management server includes: a setting information template which is a base of a setting information file for the target product to be added as a management target such that the management server can manage the added target product; and a setting information generating means configured to meet with the target product for generating a setting information file to be set in the target server based on the setting information template, wherein the target server includes: operation means for operating the setting information generating means in the management server via the network; and setting means for receiving the setting information file generated by the setting information generating means which has been operated by the operation means and setting the setting information file in the target server; wherein the operation means in the target server includes Web browser means, the setting information file generating means in the management server includes Web server means, CGI means started by the Web server means, and a XSL file for generating an edit screen for the setting items corresponding to the target product, the edit screen being displayed by the Web browser means, the Web server means transmits the setting information template defined in a XML format and the XSL file to the Web browser means, the Web browser means displays an edit screen based on the received setting information template and the received XSL file, the Web browser means starts the CGI means through the Web server means based on an input operation on the edit screen, and the CGI means generates the setting information file based on the input operation.