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Failure prediction system, failure prediction program, failure prediction method, device printer and device management server

  • US 7,243,270 B2
  • Filed: 12/19/2003
  • Issued: 07/10/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/20/2002
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A failure prediction system comprising:

  • multiple devices; and

    a device management server managing the multiple devices via a network;

    wherein each of the multiple devices includes a device diagnosis section for diagnosing a state of the device and to send first diagnosis results obtained by the diagnosing to the device management server; and

    the device management server includes a failure prediction section for recognizing a state related to a failure based on the first diagnosis results sent by the device diagnosis section of each of the devices, performing failure diagnosis as for the recognized state related to a failure, and predicting a failure in a device with a failure tendency based on second diagnosis results obtained by the failure diagnosis;

    the device diagnosis section of the device comprising;

    a communication part for communicating with the device management server;

    a program execution part for executing first and second diagnosis programs for diagnosing the state of parts of the device;

    a storage part for preserving settings of the first and second diagnosis programs and the first and second diagnosis results; and

    a detection part for detecting the state of parts of the device.

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