Remote site management system
First Claim
1. A server system, comprising:
- a first center server that communicates with a first local server and executes a printing device management software; and
a second center server that executes a general purpose computer management software and acquires information regarding a general purpose computer from a second local server, the second center server being prepared separately from said first center server,wherein the first local server (i) collects device information including first device information and second device information from a printing device, wherein the collected device information is unique to the printing device and the first device information of the collected device information is not to be sent to the first center server, (ii) judges whether or not the collected device information includes the second device information which is to be sent to the first center server, and (iii) sends the second device information to the first center server in a first format for the printing device management software, the second device information including a counter value which indicates a number of pages printed by the printing device and information which indicates a trouble event, andwherein said first center server comprises;
an acquisition unit that acquires the second device information from the first local server in the first format via the network;
a determination unit that determines whether or not the second device information acquired by the acquisition unit indicates the trouble event and if so, selects the second device information indicating the trouble event;
a format convener that converts the second device information selected by the determination unit into a second format that can be interpreted by said second center server; and
a transmitter that transmits the converted second device information that indicates the trouble event to the second center server, without transmitting the second device information that indicates the counter value to the second center server.
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Abstract
In order to integrally manage computers and peripheral devices at a user site, when a device monitoring server (203a) receives a trouble message from a device, it sends a message indicating this to a device center server (210) via a router (204). If the received message is a trouble message, the device center server (210) controls an event adapter to convert the received message into a format that a center server can process, and transfers the converted message to the center server (110). Upon receiving the message, the center server (110) displays occurrence of a trouble in an event list using an event monitor (110a). The user can simultaneously monitor the versatile computers and peripheral devices by observing the event monitor.
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7 Claims
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1. A server system, comprising:
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a first center server that communicates with a first local server and executes a printing device management software; and a second center server that executes a general purpose computer management software and acquires information regarding a general purpose computer from a second local server, the second center server being prepared separately from said first center server, wherein the first local server (i) collects device information including first device information and second device information from a printing device, wherein the collected device information is unique to the printing device and the first device information of the collected device information is not to be sent to the first center server, (ii) judges whether or not the collected device information includes the second device information which is to be sent to the first center server, and (iii) sends the second device information to the first center server in a first format for the printing device management software, the second device information including a counter value which indicates a number of pages printed by the printing device and information which indicates a trouble event, and wherein said first center server comprises; an acquisition unit that acquires the second device information from the first local server in the first format via the network; a determination unit that determines whether or not the second device information acquired by the acquisition unit indicates the trouble event and if so, selects the second device information indicating the trouble event; a format convener that converts the second device information selected by the determination unit into a second format that can be interpreted by said second center server; and a transmitter that transmits the converted second device information that indicates the trouble event to the second center server, without transmitting the second device information that indicates the counter value to the second center server. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method of managing a server system comprising a first center server that communicates with a first local server and executes a printing device management software and a second center server that executes a general purpose computer management software and acquires information regarding a general purpose computer from a second local server, the second center server being prepared separately from said first center server, the method comprising:
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executing the printing device management software in the first center server by communicating with the first local server; executing the general purpose computer management software in the second center server and acquiring, by the second center server, information regarding a general purpose computer from the second local server; executing by the first local server the steps of (i) collecting device information including first device information and second device information from a printing device, wherein the collected device information is unique to the printing device and the first device information of the collected device information is not to be sent to the first center server, (ii) judging whether or not the collected device information includes the second device information which is to be sent to the first center server, and (iii) sending the second device information to the first center server in a first format for the printing device management software, the second device information including a counter value which indicates a number of pages printed by the printing device and information which indicates a trouble event; and the first center server executing the steps of; an acquiring step of acquiring the second device information from the first local server in the first format via the network; a determining step of determining whether or not the acquired second device information indicates the trouble event and if so, selecting the second device information indicating the trouble event; a format convening step of converting the second device information selected by the determining step into a second format that can be interpreted by said second center server; and a transmitting step of transmitting the converted second device information that indicates the trouble event to the second center server, without transmitting the second device information that indicates the counter value to the second center server. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7)
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