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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2017
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Toshiba Tec Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
Dehua Zhao, Irvine, CA (US);
Christopher Nguyen, Huntington Beach, CA (US);
Michael Yeung, Mission Viejo, CA (US);
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Minato-ku, JP;
Toshiba TEC Kabushiki Kaisha, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
Abstract
A stand-alone data collector is configured to obtain configuration data that includes IP addresses to be monitored when the data collector is started. The data collector performs simple network management protocol (SNMP) walks of the management information bases (MIBs) of networked document processing devices associated with the monitored IP addresses to obtain meter data associated with usage of the networked document processing devices. The data collector aggregates the meter data and forwards the aggregated meter data to a network server and other recipients designated in the configuration data. The data collector can be configured to discover networked document processing devices associated with the monitored IP addresses. The data collector can include a chassis that houses a Raspberry Pi-based circuit board that performs the data collection operations.