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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 18, 2013
Kiyohiro Hyo, Tokyo, JP;
Kiyohiro Hyo, Tokyo, JP;
RICOH COMPANY, LIMITED, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An information processing apparatus is connectable to a plurality of devices of different types via a network. The information processing apparatus includes a receiving unit that receives, from the devices, management information of each of the devices in a data format corresponding to the respective devices; a first storage unit that stores therein a first conversion rule for converting the management information into manage information in a first common data format common to the devices; and a conversion unit that converts the management information thus received into management information in the first common data format based on the first conversion rule.