Information collection system, server apparatus, edge apparatus, control method, and program
First Claim
1. An information collection system comprising:
- storage that stores first collection rules associated with an edge apparatus and with first information to be acquired from the edge apparatus, a frequency of acquiring second information with the edge apparatus, and an expected load on the information collection system for acquiring the second information according to the first collection rules, and comprising at least one of;
content of information included in the second information and information related to the edge apparatus;
and a server comprising;
a memory device that stores instructions; and
at least one hardware processor configured to execute the instructions to;
acquire first information from a first edge apparatus;
acquire, from the storage, first collection rules that are associated with the acquired first information and with the edge apparatus and that associate a frequency of acquiring second information with the edge apparatus;
select one or more of the first collection rules based on a determination that a sum of the expected load associated with each of the one or more of the first collection rules is equal to or less than a load upper limit of the information collection system; and
acquire second information from the edge apparatus according to the selected one or more of the first collection rules.
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Abstract
An information collection system includes a server apparatus, a plurality of edge apparatuses, and a collection rules storage unit. The edge apparatus includes a first information generation unit that generates first information and a second information generation unit that generates second information. The collection rules storage unit stores collection rules so as to be associated with the edge apparatus and the first information that the server apparatus acquires from the edge apparatus. The server apparatus includes a first information acquisition unit that acquires the first information from the edge apparatus, a second information acquisition unit that acquires the second information from the edge apparatus, and a collection rules acquisition unit that acquires collection rules from the collection rules storage unit.
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29 Claims
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1. An information collection system comprising:
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storage that stores first collection rules associated with an edge apparatus and with first information to be acquired from the edge apparatus, a frequency of acquiring second information with the edge apparatus, and an expected load on the information collection system for acquiring the second information according to the first collection rules, and comprising at least one of;
content of information included in the second information and information related to the edge apparatus;and a server comprising; a memory device that stores instructions; and at least one hardware processor configured to execute the instructions to; acquire first information from a first edge apparatus; acquire, from the storage, first collection rules that are associated with the acquired first information and with the edge apparatus and that associate a frequency of acquiring second information with the edge apparatus; select one or more of the first collection rules based on a determination that a sum of the expected load associated with each of the one or more of the first collection rules is equal to or less than a load upper limit of the information collection system; and acquire second information from the edge apparatus according to the selected one or more of the first collection rules. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A control method performed by a server, the method comprising:
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acquiring first information from a first edge apparatus; acquiring, from a storage, first collection rules, the first collection rules being associated with the first edge apparatus, the acquired first information, a frequency of acquiring second information with the first edge apparatus, and an expected load on the information collection system for acquiring the second information according to the first collection rules, and comprising at least one of; content of information included in the second information and information related to the first edge apparatus; selecting one or more of the first collection rules based on a determination that a sum of the expected load associated with each of the one or more of the first collection rules is equal to or less than a load upper limit of the information collection system; and acquiring second information from the first edge apparatus according to the selected one or more of the first collection rules. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program that, when executed by a server, cause the server to perform a control method, the method comprising:
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acquiring first information from a first edge apparatus; acquiring, from storage, first collection rules, the first collection rules being associated with the first edge apparatus, the acquired first information, a frequency of acquiring second information with the first edge apparatus, and an expected load on the information collection system for acquiring the second information according to the first collection rules, and comprising at least one of; content of information included in the second information and information related to the first edge apparatus; selecting one or more of the first collection rules based on a determination that a sum of the expected load associated with each of the one or more of the first collection rules is equal to or less than a load upper limit of the information collection system; and acquiring second information from the first edge apparatus according to the selected one or more of the first collection rules. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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