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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 11, 2016
Filed:
Mar. 13, 2015
Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shigeki Ishino, Yokohama, JP;
Shinichiro Yamamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Takahiro Okayasu, Sagamihara, JP;
Teppei Aoki, Kamakura, JP;
Masamune Oshitani, Tokyo, JP;
Chad Eickhoff, Clackamas, OR (US);
Geoff Goodman, Portland, OR (US);
Russell Neville, Portland, OR (US);
FUJI XEROX CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A relay apparatus includes: a first transmission unit that transmits first information specifying the relay apparatus to the management apparatus through a network, in response to the relay apparatus being connected to the network; a collection unit that collects management information regarding a management target device, from the management target device connected to the network, in which the collection unit does not collect the management information from the management target device until an activation instruction is received from the management apparatus, and starts to collect the management information from the management target device only after the activation instruction is received from the management apparatus; and a second transmission unit that transmits the collected management information to the management apparatus.