Device administration apparatus, device administration method and recording medium
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1. A device administration apparatus comprising:
- a storage that stores conditions set for specific users, the conditions being related to usage logs; and
a hardware processor configured to;
obtain information from a device via a network, the device being an image forming apparatus, the information being related to a usage log of at least one of the specific users, the information satisfying conditions of a number of job instructions associated with the at least one of the specific users;
judge whether or not the information obtained from the device meets the condition set for the at least one of the specific users, the condition being stored in the storage; and
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determine the device to be an object to be administered by the device administration apparatus and start administration of the usage of the device when the information obtained from the device meets the condition set for the at least one of the specific users, the condition being stored in the storage,wherein the hardware processor is configured to block access to the device from another device administration apparatus by transmitting to the device (i) an instruction to change a password of the device for permitting access to the device, from a shared password to a unique password being unique to the device administration apparatus, and (ii) the unique password, after determining the device to be an object to be administered by the device administration apparatus, the shared password being common among device administration apparatuses connected to the network, the device administration apparatuses including the device administration apparatus and the other device administration apparatus.
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Abstract
A device administration apparatus includes an apparatus information obtainer that obtains via a network, apparatus information stored in a device, a judger that judges whether or not the device is an administration object based on the obtained apparatus information, and an administrator that administers use of the device, if the judger judges that the device is an administration object.
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1. A device administration apparatus comprising:
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a storage that stores conditions set for specific users, the conditions being related to usage logs; and a hardware processor configured to; obtain information from a device via a network, the device being an image forming apparatus, the information being related to a usage log of at least one of the specific users, the information satisfying conditions of a number of job instructions associated with the at least one of the specific users; judge whether or not the information obtained from the device meets the condition set for the at least one of the specific users, the condition being stored in the storage; and
;determine the device to be an object to be administered by the device administration apparatus and start administration of the usage of the device when the information obtained from the device meets the condition set for the at least one of the specific users, the condition being stored in the storage, wherein the hardware processor is configured to block access to the device from another device administration apparatus by transmitting to the device (i) an instruction to change a password of the device for permitting access to the device, from a shared password to a unique password being unique to the device administration apparatus, and (ii) the unique password, after determining the device to be an object to be administered by the device administration apparatus, the shared password being common among device administration apparatuses connected to the network, the device administration apparatuses including the device administration apparatus and the other device administration apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A device administration method for a device administration apparatus, the method comprising:
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storing conditions set for specific users in a storage, the conditions being related to usage logs; obtaining information from a device via a network, the device being an image forming apparatus, the information being related to a usage log of at least one of the specific users, the information satisfying conditions of a number of job instructions associated with the at least one of the specific users; judging whether or not the information obtained from the device meets the condition set for the at least one of the specific users, the condition being stored in the storage; determining the device to be an object to be administered by the device administration apparatus and starting administration of the usage of the device when the information obtained from the device meets the condition set for the at least one of the specific users, the condition being stored in the storage, wherein the device administration method comprises blocking access to the device from another device administration apparatus by transmitting to the device (i) an instruction to change a password of the device for permitting access to the device, from a shared password to a unique password being unique to the device administration apparatus, and (ii) the unique password, after determining the device to be an object to be administered by the device administration apparatus, the shared password being common among device administration apparatuses connected to the network, the device administration apparatuses including the device administration apparatus and the other device administration apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A non-transitory computer readable recording medium storing in itself a device administration program to make a device administration apparatus execute steps comprising:
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storing conditions set for specific users in a storage, the conditions being related to usage logs; obtaining information from a device via a network, the device being an image forming apparatus, the information being related to a usage log of at least one of the specific users, the information satisfying conditions of a number of job instructions associated with the at least one of the specific users; judging whether or not the information obtained from the device meets the condition set for the at least one of the specific users, the condition being stored in the storage; determining the device to be an object to be administered by the device administration apparatus and starting administration of the usage of the device when the information obtained from the device meets the condition set for the at least one of the specific users, the condition being stored in the storage, wherein the steps further comprise blocking access to the device from another device administration apparatus by transmitting to the device (i) an instruction to change a password of the device for permitting access to the device, from a shared password to a unique password being unique to the device administration apparatus, and (ii) the unique password, after determining the device to be an object to be administered by the device administration apparatus, the shared password being common among device administration apparatuses connected to the network, the device administration apparatuses including the device administration apparatus and the other device administration apparatus. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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