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Granted Patent B2
US 11,405,390 · App. 16/550,077 · Granted Aug 2, 2022

Device management system, and method

Inventor: Nao Funane (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
H04L63/0876H04L63/062H04L67/141H04L67/10
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Patent No.
US 11,405,390
App. No.
16/550,077
Granted
Aug 2, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A device management system issues key information for a client tenant that is identified according to input of identification information of a network device via a screen, and, when a key type of the key information received from the network device is reconnection and the network device that is a source from which the key information is sent is a network device that has been managed with the client tenant associated with the key information, send, to the network device, authentication information to reconnect the network device to the device management system.

Claims (20)

1. A device management system that manages information of a network device that a client has in a client tenant for the client, the device management system comprising:

at least one memory storing instructions; and

at least one processor which executes the instructions causing the device management system to:

provide a first screen to issue key information for causing the network device to reconnect to the device management system;

issue the key information to the client tenant identified according to input of identification information of the network device via the first screen;

receive, in response to the key information being input to the network device by a user's operation, the key information from the network device; and

when a key type of the received key information is reconnection and the network device that is a source from which the key information is sent is a network device that has been managed with the client tenant associated with the key information, send, to the network device, authentication information to reconnect the network device to the device management system so that data managed in the client tenant associated with the key information is used by the network device.

2. The device management system according to claim 1 , wherein

the instructions further cause the device management system to provide a second screen to issue key information for entering a new network device into the device management system.

3. The device management system according to claim 2 , wherein

the instructions further cause the device management system to, when the key type of the received key information is registration, send, to the network device, authentication information to connect the network device to the device management system, so that data of the network device that is the source from which the key information is sent is managed in the client tenant associated with the key information.

4. The device management system according to claim 1 , wherein

on the network device, the authentication information received from the device management system is saved in a hard disk of the network device and managed.

5. The device management system according to claim 1 , wherein

in the client tenant, data saved in a hard disk of the network device is managed in association with the network device as backup data.

6. A method for a device management system that manages information of a network device that a client has in a client tenant for the client, the method comprising:

providing a first screen to issue key information for causing the network device to reconnect to the device management system;

issuing the key information to the client tenant identified according to input of identification information of the network device via the first screen;

receiving, in response to the key information being input to the network device by a user's operation, the key information from the network device; and

when a key type of the received key information is reconnection and the network device that is a source from which the key information is sent is a network device that has been managed with the client tenant associated with the key information, sending, to the network device, authentication information to reconnect the network device to the device management system so that data managed in the client tenant associated with the key information is used by the network device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2019
From: FUNANE, NAO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 051224/0432 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-166136 · Sep 5, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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