DEVICE FOR EQUIPMENT APPARATUS, MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, EQUIPEMENT APPARATUS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING COMMUNICATION BETWEEN EQUIPMENT APPARATUS AND MANAGEMENT APPARATUS
First Claim
1. A management apparatus configured to manage a plurality of equipment apparatuses through a network, the management apparatus comprising:
- a notification receiver section configured to receive a notification from each of the equipment apparatuses;
a storage section configured to storea plurality of sets of identification information of the equipment apparatuses, respectively, anda plurality of sets of registration information of the equipment apparatuses, respectively, in order to indicate a registered/unregistered status of each of the equipment apparatuses;
a registration determiner section configured to determine the registered/unregistered status of each of the equipment apparatuses, respectively, based on a corresponding set of the identification information and a corresponding set of the registration information when the notification receiver section receives the notifications from the equipment apparatuses;
a notification prevention command creator section configured to create a notification prevention command when the registration determiner section has determined that each of the equipment apparatuses has the unregistered status; and
a command transmitter section configured to transmit the notification prevention command to each of the equipment apparatuses.
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Abstract
A management apparatus is configured to manage plural equipment apparatuses through a network. A notification receiver section is configured to receive a notification from each of the equipment apparatuses. A storage section is configured to store plural sets of identification information of the equipment apparatuses and plural sets of registration information of the equipment apparatuses for indicating a registered/unregistered status of each of the equipment apparatuses. A registration determiner section is configured to determine the registered/unregistered status of the equipment apparatuses based on a corresponding set of the identification information and a corresponding set of the registration information when the notification receiver section receives the notification. A notification prevention command creator section is configured to create a notification prevention command when each of the equipment apparatuses is determined to have the unregistered status. A command transmitter is configured to transmit the notification prevention command to each of the equipment apparatuses.
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12 Claims
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1. A management apparatus configured to manage a plurality of equipment apparatuses through a network, the management apparatus comprising:
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a notification receiver section configured to receive a notification from each of the equipment apparatuses; a storage section configured to store a plurality of sets of identification information of the equipment apparatuses, respectively, and a plurality of sets of registration information of the equipment apparatuses, respectively, in order to indicate a registered/unregistered status of each of the equipment apparatuses; a registration determiner section configured to determine the registered/unregistered status of each of the equipment apparatuses, respectively, based on a corresponding set of the identification information and a corresponding set of the registration information when the notification receiver section receives the notifications from the equipment apparatuses; a notification prevention command creator section configured to create a notification prevention command when the registration determiner section has determined that each of the equipment apparatuses has the unregistered status; and a command transmitter section configured to transmit the notification prevention command to each of the equipment apparatuses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 9, 12)
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5. A device connected to an equipment apparatus and configured to communicate with a management apparatus through a network, the device comprising:
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a command receiver section configured to receive a command from the management apparatus; a notification transmitter section configured to transmit a notification to the management apparatus at a predetermined time interval; and a notification prevention executor section configured to prevent the notification transmitter section from transmitting the notification to the management apparatus in response to the command. - View Dependent Claims (6, 11)
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7. A device connected to an equipment apparatus and configured to communicate with a management apparatus through a network, the device comprising:
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a command receiver section configured to receive a command from the management apparatus; a notification prevention executor section configured to prevent a notification from being transmitted to the management apparatus; a notification prevention canceller section configured to cancel a notification prevention state executed by the notification prevention executor section in response to the command; and a notification transmitter section configured to transmit the notification to the management apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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10. A communication control method for controlling communication between a management apparatus configured to manage a plurality of equipment apparatuses through a network and a plurality of devices connected to the equipment apparatuses and configured to communicate with the management apparatus, the communication control method comprising:
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a notification transmission step in which each of the devices transmits a notification to the management apparatus at a predetermined time interval; a notification receipt step in which the management apparatus receives the notification from each of the devices; a registration determination step in which the management apparatus determines a registered/unregistered status of each of the equipment apparatuses based on a plurality of sets of preliminarily stored identification information of the equipment apparatuses, respectively, and a plurality of sets of preliminarily stored registration information of the equipment apparatuses, respectively, in order to indicate the registered/unregistered status of each of the equipment apparatuses when the management apparatus receives the notification; a notification prevention command creation step in which the management apparatus creates a notification prevention command when the management apparatus has determined that each of the equipment apparatuses has the unregistered status; a command transmission step in which the management apparatus transmits the notification prevention command to each of the devices; a command receipt step in which each of the devices receives the notification prevention command from the management apparatus; and a notification prevention step in which each of the devices prevents transmission of the notification when each of the devices receives the notification prevention command.
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Specification