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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 23, 2011
Filed:
May. 16, 2007
Masato Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiji Nagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Dan, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Inoue, Chiba, JP;
Fujio Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Shogo Hyakutake, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Murata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Takeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Masato Takahashi, Kanagawa, JP;
Keiji Nagai, Kanagawa, JP;
Koji Dan, Kanagawa, JP;
Yutaka Nakamura, Kanagawa, JP;
Yuuki Inoue, Chiba, JP;
Fujio Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Shogo Hyakutake, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiaki Murata, Kanagawa, JP;
Kenichi Takeda, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An order supporting system includes a machine monitoring apparatus including an obtaining part for repetitively obtaining status data of plural supplies of plural machines connected to a network, a storing part for storing the status data obtained by the obtaining part, a detecting part for detecting change in the status of the supply by comparing the status data stored in the storing part and new status data that is newly obtained by the obtaining part, and a transmitting part for transmitting status data corresponding to the supply of the machine from which status change is detected by the detecting part, and an order supporting apparatus for receiving the status data transmitted from the transmitting part via the network and transmitting an electronic mail to a mail address associated to the machine corresponding to the transmitted status data in accordance with the received status data.