BROWSING CONTROL SERVER AND BROWSING CONTROL METHOD

• Main Author: MIZUTA MASAHIKO
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 07.03.2019
• Subjects: CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS OR METHODS, SPECIALLY ADAPTED FORADMINISTRATIVE, COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORYOR FORECASTING PURPOSES; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; PHYSICS; SYSTEMS OR METHODS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR ADMINISTRATIVE,COMMERCIAL, FINANCIAL, MANAGERIAL, SUPERVISORY OR FORECASTINGPURPOSES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR

To adequately control browsing of operation information of a device.SOLUTION: The browsing control server includes: an identification information management unit that acquires, from management functions managing one or more devices over a network, device identification information unique to each of the devices, management identification information unique to each of the management functions, and customer identification information unique to each customer and stores the acquired device identification information and management identification information and customer identification information in association with each other; a device information collection unit that collects device information which is operation information for each of the devices from the management functions over the network; and a browsing control unit that identifies the customer identification information according to an external operation, and allows the device information of a device identified by the device identification information associated with the identified customer identification information to be externally browsed.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4 【課題】デバイスの稼働情報の閲覧を適切に制御する。【解決手段】一台以上のデバイスを管理する管理機能からネットワークを介して前記デバイス毎に固有のデバイス識別情報と前記管理機能毎に固有の管理識別情報と顧客毎に固有の顧客識別情報とを取得し、当該取得したデバイス識別情報と管理識別情報と顧客識別情報とを対応付けて記憶する識別情報管理部と、前記管理機能から前記ネットワークを介して前記デバイス毎の稼働情報であるデバイス情報を収集するデバイス情報収集部と、外部からの操作に応じて前記顧客識別情報を特定し、当該特定した顧客識別情報に対応付けられた前記デバイス識別情報によって識別されるデバイスの前記デバイス情報を外部に対して閲覧可能とする閲覧制御部と、を備える閲覧制御サーバー。【選択図】図４