DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DEVICE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM, PROGRAM, AND DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide various services by acquiring use states from a plurality of devices.SOLUTION: An device management apparatus is connected to a plurality of devices through a network and includes: a collection unit for receiving use state data showing a use state in a device from each of the plurality of devices and storing the respective received use state data of the plurality of devices in a storage apparatus; and a common data acquisition unit for acquiring common data common to the plurality of devices from the respective use state data of the plurality of devices stored in the storage apparatus.