The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 03, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 21, 2018
Hiroyuki Matsushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroyuki Matsushima, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus, a device management system, and a device management method. The device management system includes the information processing apparatus, a device management apparatus, a mediating device, and the device. The device management method include communicating via a network with one or more device management units to manage devices to be managed and one or more mediating devices to collect information on the devices, managing correspondence between the device or the mediating device and the device management unit, collecting management information from the device or the mediating device, determining corresponding device management unit based on the correspondence, and transmitting management information to the corresponding device management unit.