Management system and information acquisition method
First Claim
1. A management system, which manages information acquisition for a plurality of resources, comprising:
- a plurality of information acquisition apparatuses, each configured to independently acquire information on one or more of the resources;
a storage device; and
a control device coupled to the storage device, and to the information acquisition apparatuses,wherein the storage device stores information specifying a resource group, which is a group of the resources targeted for acquiring information at approximately the same time points,wherein the control device is configured to;
send to each of the information acquisition apparatuses, which are configured to acquire information on the resources of the specified resource group, an information acquisition indication which defines a timing for acquiring information from the resources of the specified resource group so that the information from the resources of the specified resource group is acquired at approximately the same time points,determine whether or not differences between information acquisition time points of the resources of the specified resource group from the information acquisition apparatuses are each within a prescribed acceptable deviation, andin a case where one or more of the differences are not within the prescribed acceptable deviation, adjust a timing at which the information acquisition indication is sent to the information acquisition apparatuses so as to reduce the difference between the information acquisition time points of the resources of the specified resource group.
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Abstract
A management system for managing an acquisition of information on multiple resources by multiple information acquisition apparatuses configured to acquire information on the multiple resources based on an information acquisition indication, is configured. The management system stores information for specifying a resource group, which is a group of multiple resources targeted for acquiring information at the same time points. The management system sends to each of multiple information acquisition apparatuses, which acquire information on multiple resources of a certain resource group, an information acquisition indication defining a timing for acquiring information from the resource of the certain resource group so that the information acquired from the multiple resources of the certain resource group are information at approximately the same time points. The information acquisition apparatus receives the information acquisition indication, and is able to acquire information on the resource of the certain resource group based on this information acquisition indication.
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13 Claims
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1. A management system, which manages information acquisition for a plurality of resources, comprising:
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a plurality of information acquisition apparatuses, each configured to independently acquire information on one or more of the resources; a storage device; and a control device coupled to the storage device, and to the information acquisition apparatuses, wherein the storage device stores information specifying a resource group, which is a group of the resources targeted for acquiring information at approximately the same time points, wherein the control device is configured to; send to each of the information acquisition apparatuses, which are configured to acquire information on the resources of the specified resource group, an information acquisition indication which defines a timing for acquiring information from the resources of the specified resource group so that the information from the resources of the specified resource group is acquired at approximately the same time points, determine whether or not differences between information acquisition time points of the resources of the specified resource group from the information acquisition apparatuses are each within a prescribed acceptable deviation, and in a case where one or more of the differences are not within the prescribed acceptable deviation, adjust a timing at which the information acquisition indication is sent to the information acquisition apparatuses so as to reduce the difference between the information acquisition time points of the resources of the specified resource group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A method for managing information acquisition for a plurality of resources, the method comprising:
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configuring a plurality of information acquisition apparatuses to independently acquire information on one or more of the resources; storing information specifying a resource group, which is a group of the resources targeted for acquiring information at approximately the same time points; sending to each of the information acquisition apparatuses, which are configured to acquire information on the resources of the specified resource group, an information acquisition indication which defines a timing for acquiring information from the resources of the specified resource group so that the information from the resources of the specified resource group is acquired at approximately the same time points; determining whether or not differences between information acquisition time points of the resources of the specified resource group from the information acquisition apparatuses are each within a prescribed acceptable deviation, and in a case where one or more of the differences are not within the prescribed acceptable deviation, adjusting a timing at which the information acquisition indication is sent to the information acquisition apparatuses so as to reduce the difference between the information acquisition time points of the resources of the specified resource group.
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