Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100070629 | Management device, management method, and recording medium - A first acquisition unit acquires an event notification from an MFP and updates first device-status information. A transmission unit transmits the event notification and first reference-destination information. A switching unit switches a first access to the first reference-destination information to a second access to second reference-destination information. A second acquisition unit issues an acquisition request at a first interval, issues an acquisition request at a second interval in response to the event notification, acquires the second device-status information, and update the first device-status information. | 03-18-2010 |
20120191827 | APPARATUS MANAGEMENT DEVICE, APPARATUS CONFIGURATION METHOD, AND STORAGE MEDIUM - An apparatus management device, which is connected via a network to an apparatus, includes a storage unit configured to store a default value for a parameter of the apparatus and a table including coefficients associated with counter values indicating operational status of the apparatus; an apparatus information obtaining unit configured to obtain apparatus information including a counter value indicating the operational status from the apparatus; a parameter value calculation unit configured to obtain one of the coefficients that corresponds to the counter value in the obtained apparatus information by referring to the table, and to calculate an update value for the parameter of the apparatus by multiplying the default value by the one of the coefficients; and a setting unit configured to set the parameter of the apparatus at the update value. | 07-26-2012 |
20130117412 | Management Device, Management Method, And Recording Medium - A first acquisition unit acquires an event notification from an MFP and updates first device-status information. A transmission unit transmits the event notification and first reference-destination information. A switching unit switches a first access to the first reference-destination information to a second access to second reference-destination information. A second acquisition unit issues an acquisition request at a first interval, issues an acquisition request at a second interval in response to the event notification, acquires the second device-status information, and update the first device-status information. | 05-09-2013 |
20130198329 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS AND COMPUTER-READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM - An information processing apparatus is communicable with a device via a first communication channel and communicable with a device management apparatus for managing the device via a second communication channel. The information processing apparatus includes a request generator configured to generate a first device information acquisition request in a second protocol based on a device information acquisition request in a first protocol transmitted from the device management apparatus via the second communication channel; a first transmitter configured to transmit the first device information acquisition request to the device via the first communication channel; a first receiver configured to receive a first device information acquisition response in the second protocol including device information from the device via the first communication channel; and a response generator configured to generate a device information acquisition response in the first protocol based on the first device information acquisition response. | 08-01-2013 |
20130198357 | DEVICE MANAGEMENT DEVICE, DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM PRODUCT - A device management device connected to a first communication channel includes a transmitting unit that transmits a device information acquisition request via the first communication channel; a receiving unit that, when a device is connected to the first communication channel, receives a device information acquisition response containing device information of the device from the device via the first communication channel, whereas when the device is connected via a second communication channel to an information processing device connected to the first communication channel, receives a device information acquisition response containing device information of the device acquired by the information processing device from the information processing device via the first communication channel; and a managing unit that stores the device information received from the device and the device information received from the information processing device as device information of the identical device in a device information storage unit. | 08-01-2013 |
20140279264 | INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM AND INFORMATION PROCESSING METHOD - An information processing system constituted with one or more computers includes a first result storage part to store result values of operation amounts of a first device; a prediction part to generate prediction values of operation amounts of the first device during a period; a calculation part to calculate indicator values based on the prediction values; an extraction part to select a second device that substitutes the first device using the indicator values; a replacement information storage part to store correspondence information between a device before replacement and a device after replacement; an obtainment part to obtain operation amounts of the devices before and after replacement, respectively, assuming that the first device is replaced by the second device; and an output part to output information about the obtained operation amounts. | 09-18-2014 |
20150081889 | INFORMATION PROCESSING APPARATUS, DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD - An information processing apparatus is configured to communicate with a device through a first communication path and to communicate, through a second communication path, with a device management apparatus configured to manage the device, and to include a detection part, a transmission part, a reception part, and an acquisition part. The detection part detects connection with the device through the first communication path. The transmission part transmits predetermined notification including identification information of the information processing apparatus to the device management apparatus, when the connection with the device is detected. The reception part receives a device information acquisition request from the device management apparatus based on the predetermined notification. The acquisition part acquires device information of the device. The transmission part transmits, to the device management apparatus, response to acquisition of the device information including the identification information of the information processing apparatus and the device information. | 03-19-2015 |
20150261484 | DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM, DEVICE CONTROLLER, AND DEVICE CONTROL METHOD - A device control system provided herein includes: a reservation unit that receives inputs of location identification information, a use date/time, and user identification information and makes a reservation so that a user can use a location and a device disposed at the location at the use date/time; a determination unit that acquires user position information and location position information and determines whether or not a predetermined relationship is established between the position of the user and position of the location within a first time period before start of the use date/time; a control information generation unit that acquires device information including at least device identification information for identifying the device on a network and uses the acquired device information to generate control information for controlling operation of the device; and a device control unit that controls operation of the device using the control information when the predetermined relationship is established. | 09-17-2015 |