US 12,267,216 B2
Management device, control method for management device, and storage medium that provide a map of selectable network devices
Toshiyuki Nakazawa, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 2, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/177,358.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-037502 (JP), filed on Mar. 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0291659 A1, Sep. 14, 2023
Int. Cl. H04L 41/22 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G09B 29/00 (2006.01); H04L 41/084 (2022.01); H04L 41/12 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 41/22 (2013.01) [G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); G09B 29/006 (2013.01); G09B 29/007 (2013.01); H04L 41/12 (2013.01); H04L 41/084 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A management device that manages a network device, the management device comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
a processor that executes the instructions to:
manage map information by assigning attribute information thereto;
manage information for a network device that is a management target by assigning attribute information thereto;
manage user information by assigning attribute information thereto;
perform control, when map information is selected to become a placement target for a placement operation for a network device in relation to a map, to prevent selection of map information that has been assigned attribute information that does not correspond to attribute information for the network device that is the management target;
display information for a network device on a map based on the results of the placement operation using selected map information that has been selected by a user;
perform control, when the user is selecting map information, to select a map that corresponds to the selected map information that was assigned attribute information corresponding to the attribute information that was assigned to the user information corresponding to the user; and
perform control, when the user performs an operation for selecting a network device, to select a network device that corresponds to information for a network device that has been assigned attribute information corresponding to attribute information that was assigned to user information corresponding to the user.