Device management apparatus, device management system, information management method, information management program and recording medium storing the program therein

摘要

A device management apparatus connected to one or more devices via a data transmission channel includes an input information holding unit for holding an input information group including one or more pieces of input information, each of which is to be connected to device information of a device; a device search unit for detecting the devices by a search; a device information acquiring unit for acquiring the device information from the devices; a cross-checking unit for cross-checking information items of the input information with those of the device information; and a registering and updating unit for performing data registration/update by, when the cross-checking unit determines that there is a common information item between the input information and the device information, connecting a piece of input information to the device information based on item entries of the common information item, and storing the connected information as registry management information.

主权项

1. An apparatus comprising:
a first connecting unit configured to connect to at least one of a plurality of devices via a network; a storing unit configured to store information; a first storing process unit configured to store a input information group in the storing unit, the input information group including each item value of a plurality of input information items corresponding to at least one of the plural devices; a receiving unit configured to receive a device identification information and a second information, the second information includes at least an item value of a plurality of device information items, at least one device information item of the second information is different than the plural input information items of the input information group; a first checking unit configured to check the input information group based on the device identification information and determine a portion of the input information group to be registered in association with the second information as a result of the check of the input information group; a first registering unit configured to register the second information in association with the portion of the input information group when the first checking unit determines the portion of the input information group contains a common information item with the second information, the first registering unit further configured to give notice when the first checking unit determines the portion of the input information group does not contain a common information item with the second information.