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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 27, 2008
Filed:
Jun. 16, 2004
Applicant:
Shin Muto, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Inventor:
Shin Muto, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The results obtained by searching for the apparatuses in a system are displayed by representing the hierarchical locations of the apparatuses, so that a user can easily identify the locations of the apparatuses. Further, based on a user of an apparatus to be searched for, the search for the apparatus is performed in accordance with its hierarchical location. And when a search for an apparatus is to be based on its hierarchical location, selected as the search results are map data that appropriately represent the hierarchical location of the apparatus.