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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 04, 2020
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2019
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki-shi, Kanagawa, JP;
Satoshi Sano, Kawasaki, JP;
Takushi Fujita, Chigasaki, JP;
Asako Kitaura, Kawasaki, JP;
Eishi Morimatsu, Kawasaki, JP;
FUJITSU LIMITED, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A method for data collection includes: executing a specification process for identifying a first apparatus from among a plurality of first apparatuses; executing a requesting process that includes transmitting a request to the identified first apparatus; executing a recording process for recording, in a storage, a first identifier of the identified first apparatus when a second apparatus does not receive a response from the identified first apparatus within a predetermined time after transmitting the request; executing a decision process for deciding, in response to an access from any of the plurality of first apparatuses, whether an identifier of the any of the plurality of first apparatuses matches the first identifier stored in the storage; and executing, when the identifier matches the first identifier stored in the storage, a re-requesting process for re-requesting data to the any of the plurality of first apparatuses.