Device Management System Dynamic Link Generation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current management systems for networked devices only provide static links to the top page of a Web application, making it difficult for users to dynamically access specific pages, requiring manual searching for desired information.
Innovation Solution
A device management apparatus with a recording unit to record link information and a Web server unit to provide document information, allowing dynamic link generation and easy access to setting changes, reducing storage burden on managed devices.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If link information is stored only at the top page of Web applications, then device complexity is reduced, but information accessibility deteriorates requiring manual searching
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a management apparatus as an intermediary between the top page and detailed information pages. The management apparatus stores comprehensive link information and provides it to users who access the top page, eliminating the need to embed extensive links directly in each device's Web application while maintaining full information accessibility.
2Loss of information
If detailed setting change information is stored in the management apparatus, then information completeness is improved, but storage burden on managed devices increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts detailed setting change information and link data from the managed devices and stores them centrally in the management apparatus. This extraction eliminates the storage burden on individual managed devices while preserving complete information availability through centralized storage and on-demand retrieval.
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AI summary
A device management apparatus is equipped with a function to record document information including link information about a specified linked object in response to a link request and a Web server function to provide the document information to a Web client and is connected with a managed device. The device management apparatus has a recording unit which records information about the managed device; a Web server unit which provides the information to the Web client; and a transmission unit which transmits, to the managed device, a link request for the information about the managed device recorded by the recording unit.