| US 7,493,378 B2 | ||
| Network management method for providing device list and network management device to provide device list | ||
| Masanori Kawashima, Yokosuka (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 27, 2001, as Appl. No. 9/817,300. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2000-089655 (JP), filed on Mar. 28, 2000. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2001/0034852 A1, Oct. 25, 2001 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—223 [709/203; 709/224] | 31 Claims |
| 1. A network managing method for providing a device list that includes a plurality of records, each record including a plurality
of device information corresponding respectively to a plurality of items, and each of the plurality of items represents a
kind of the device information included in each record, said network managing method comprising:
designating, at a management device, from among the plurality of items, at least one display-target item to be displayed on
the device list, wherein, from among the plurality of device information included in each record of the device list, device
information corresponding to the designated display-target items are set to be displayed while the device information corresponding
to the items not designated as a display-target item are not set to be displayed in the device list, and designating any one
of the plurality of items, which were not designated as a display-target item, as a sort-item, wherein, a display order of
the plurality of records to be included in the device list is rearranged according to a content of the device information
corresponding to the designated sort-item;
a setting step of setting the designated sort-item as a display-target item to be displayed in the device list even though
the item has not been designated as a display-target item in the designating step;
a rearranging step of rearranging the records in the device list according to the content of the device information corresponding
to the designated sort-item; and
a display step of displaying the device list rearranged in the rearranging step, including the device information corresponding
to the designated display-target items and the designated sort-item.
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