DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS

摘要

A device management apparatus comprises: an acquisition unit that acquires, from an external apparatus, a status-change information record about a status change occurred in a first device; a determining unit that determines whether or not the acquired status-change information record is a status-change information record about the first device; a response-action instructing unit that instructs, if the status-change information record is determined as being a status-change information record about the first device, the first device to perform a response action based on the status-change information record; and a transmitting unit that transmits, if the status-change information record is determined as not being about the first device, information based on the status-change information record to another device management apparatus managing a second device that is different from the first device.

主权项

1. A device management apparatus comprising:
an acquisition unit that acquires, from an external apparatus, a status-change information record about a status change occurred in a first device; a determining unit that determines whether or not the acquired status-change information record is a status-change information record about the first device; a response-action instructing unit that instructs, if the status-change information record is determined as being a status-change information record about the first device, the first device to perform a response action based on the status-change information record; and a transmitting unit that transmits, if the status-change information record is determined as not being about the first device, information based on the status-change information record to another device management apparatus managing a second device that is different from the first device.