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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017

Filed:

Apr. 23, 2012
Applicants:

Keita Shimada, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshifumi Takamoto, Tokyo, JP;

Takashi Tameshige, Tokyo, JP;

Kentarou Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;

Yutaka Kudo, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Keita Shimada, Tokyo, JP;

Yoshifumi Takamoto, Tokyo, JP;

Takashi Tameshige, Tokyo, JP;

Kentarou Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;

Yutaka Kudo, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/173 (2006.01); H04L 29/08 (2006.01); H04L 12/24 (2006.01); G06F 11/07 (2006.01); G06F 11/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04L 67/1095 (2013.01); G06F 11/0709 (2013.01); G06F 11/0766 (2013.01); G06F 11/3006 (2013.01); G06F 11/3051 (2013.01); G06F 11/3089 (2013.01); H04L 41/0853 (2013.01); H04L 41/0893 (2013.01);
Abstract

An information acquisition method whereby a management computer provided with a processor, a memory, and an interface acquires information of a plurality of computers via a network, the method including: a first step in which the management computer sets, in acquisition group information, a group of computers for acquiring information among the plurality of computers; a second step in which the management computer determines a sequence in which information is acquired for each group, then determines the sequence of computers for acquiring information in the group; a third step in which the management computer outputs an instruction for acquiring information of computers in the determined sequence; and a fourth step in which an information acquisition execution unit acquires the information of the computers of each group in the determined sequence on the basis of the instruction to acquire the information.


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