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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2013
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2008
Tetsuo Sakai, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuo Sakai, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A management server obtains, from an image forming apparatus whose counter type set to be displayed therein is determined to be obtainable, the counter information, specifies a counter type to be assigned in a table of commonly displayed counters specified on the basis of a plurality of counter types set to be displayed in a plurality of image forming apparatuses from the plurality of image forming apparatuses, assigns the counter type in the table of commonly displayed counters, and obtains counter information for the counter type assigned as the commonly displayed counter from an image forming apparatus whose counter type set to be displayed is determined to be unobtainable.