Device management apparatus, method for device management, and computer program product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-8949599-B2
Application number	US-201313776891-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 26, 2013
Priority date	Feb 28, 2012
Publication date	Feb 3, 2015
Grant date	Feb 3, 2015

Abstract

According to an embodiment, provided is a device management apparatus that issues a digital certificate to a device. The device management apparatus includes: a storage unit that stores therein device identification information unique to the device in advance; a device-data obtaining unit that, when receiving a connection request from the device, obtains the device identification information contained in the connection request; and a certificate issuing unit that, when the device identification information that is obtained matches up with the device identification information that is stored, issues the digital certificate to the device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A device management apparatus that issues a digital certificate to a device, the device management apparatus comprising:
a storage unit configured to stores therein device identification information unique to the device in advance;
a device-data obtaining unit configured such that, when receiving a connection request from the device, the device-data obtaining unit obtains the device identification information contained in the connection request;
a certif…

Assignees

• Nakajima Masato
• Ricoh Co Ltd

Inventors

• Nakajima Masato

Classifications

• H04L9/3263 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• Y04S40/20

  Cross-Sectional Technologies · mapped topic