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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 01, 2014
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2012
Applicant:
Kiyohiro Hyo, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Kiyohiro Hyo, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Limited, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 3/01 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device management apparatus connected to a plurality of devices via a network includes a collecting unit that receives usage data indicating a status of use of each of the devices from each of the devices and that stores the received usage data in a storage device, and a common data acquiring unit that acquires common data that is common to the devices from the usage data of each of the devices stored in the storage device.