Terminal apparatus and control method thereof
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1. A terminal apparatus in a system which is formed by a management apparatus and a plurality of terminal apparatuses connected to a network, comprising:
- reception means for receiving management information which is transmitted from another terminal apparatus or the management apparatus, and contains instructions used to manage the plurality of terminal apparatuses;
processing means for executing a process according to a corresponding instruction with reference to the received management information;
search means for searching the plurality of terminal apparatuses for a terminal apparatus which has not received the management information yet; and
transfer means for transferring the management information to the terminal apparatus detected by said search means.
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Abstract
Management information which is transmitted from another terminal apparatus or a management apparatus and contains instructions used to manage terminal apparatuses is received (S200). A process according to the corresponding instruction is executed with reference to the received management information (S210-S290). A terminal apparatus which has not received management information yet is searched for, and the management information is transferred to the found terminal apparatus (S310).
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13 Claims
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1. A terminal apparatus in a system which is formed by a management apparatus and a plurality of terminal apparatuses connected to a network, comprising:
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reception means for receiving management information which is transmitted from another terminal apparatus or the management apparatus, and contains instructions used to manage the plurality of terminal apparatuses;
processing means for executing a process according to a corresponding instruction with reference to the received management information;
search means for searching the plurality of terminal apparatuses for a terminal apparatus which has not received the management information yet; and
transfer means for transferring the management information to the terminal apparatus detected by said search means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A management system which is formed by a plurality of terminal apparatuses connected to a network, and a management apparatus which can make data communications with the plurality of terminal apparatuses and manages the plurality of terminal apparatuses,
said management apparatus comprising: -
input means for inputting instructions for one of the plurality of terminal apparatuses;
generation means for generating management information that contains the input instructions on the basis of the input instructions;
specifying means for specifying one of the plurality of terminal apparatuses as a transmission destination of the management information; and
transmission means for transmitting the management information to the specified one terminal apparatus, and each terminal apparatus comprising;
reception means for receiving management information which is transmitted from another terminal apparatus or the management apparatus, and contains instructions used to manage the plurality of terminal apparatuses;
processing means for executing a process according to a corresponding instruction with reference to the received management information;
search means for searching the plurality of terminal apparatuses for a terminal apparatus which has not received the management information yet; and
transfer means for transferring the management information to the terminal apparatus detected by said search means. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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7. A method of controlling a terminal apparatus in a system which is formed by a management apparatus and a plurality of terminal apparatuses connected to a network, comprising:
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a reception step of receiving management information which is transmitted from another terminal apparatus or the management apparatus, and contains instructions used to manage the plurality of terminal apparatuses;
a processing step of executing a process according to a corresponding instruction with reference to the received management information;
a search step of searching the plurality of terminal apparatuses for a terminal apparatus which has not received the management information yet; and
a transfer step of transferring the management information to the terminal apparatus detected in the search step. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9)
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10. A terminal apparatus in a system which is formed by a management apparatus and a plurality of terminal apparatuses connected to a network, comprising:
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reception means for receiving management information which is transmitted from another apparatus via a network, and contains terminal information indicating a target terminal apparatus and processing information indicating processing contents;
processing means for executing a process corresponding to the processing information which is contained in the management information and indicates the processing contents;
appending means for appending completion information indicating completion of the process in the apparatus to the management information; and
transmission means for transmitting the management information appended with the completion information to another terminal apparatus indicated by the terminal information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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