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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 15, 2002
Applicant:
Hidehiko Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Inventor:
Hidehiko Watanabe, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04M011/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A center apparatus manages a to-be-managed apparatus, wherein: the center apparatus performs a management operation on the to-be-managed apparatus by making a call to the to-be-managed apparatus so as to establish a communications circuit therewith according to predetermined parameters; and the to-be-managed apparatus makes a parameter change occurrence inquiry to the center apparatus at predetermined intervals for inquiring the center apparatus whether or not a parameter change occurs.