Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To cause a DHCP server to suitably control IP addresses. SOLUTION: A device driver program 430 for controlling a computer which communicates with a device on a network using terminal identification information acquired from the server includes a means 432 for stopping operation of the computer, a means 436 for judging whether or not the stopping operation was started by the operation stopping means, and a means 438 for transmitting information indicative of end of use of the terminal identification information to the server when the judging means judges that the stopping operation was started. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a program, etc., which lightens the load of setting alteration by a computer. SOLUTION: A management device 10 which manages a plurality of devices connected to the computer by using a hierarchical structure is equipped with a management part 130 which manages pieces of setting information corresponding to the plurality of devices respectively in a setting information database by using the hierarchical structure, an addition part 120 which adds setting information of a new device to the setting information database when an existent device is replaced with the new device, a condition decision part 140 which decides whether or not the existent device and new device have predetermined specific relativity, and an alteration part 150 which manages the setting information of a low-order device as a device managed in a layer below the existent device as a lower layer of setting information of the new device and records it in the setting information database when it is decided that the existent device and new device have the prescribed relativity. COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO