| US 7,603,590 B2 | ||
| Information processing apparatus and notification method therefor, program for implementing the method, and storage medium storing the program | ||
| Takeshi Kaneda, Yokohama (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Aug. 08, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/198,967. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-231659 (JP), filed on Aug. 06, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2006/0031906 A1, Feb. 09, 2006 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 11/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 714—48 [714/4; 358/1.14] | 10 Claims |
| 1. An information processing system comprising a plurality of information processing apparatuses connectable to a management
server via a communication network, each of the plurality of information processing apparatuses comprising:
a communication device that notifies a plurality of first maintenance information and second maintenance information on at
least one image forming apparatus to the management server, wherein the plurality of first maintenance information are indicative
of a status of the image forming apparatus and the second maintenance information is counter information including an output
face count in the image forming apparatus;
a storage device that stores the plurality of first maintenance information and the second maintenance information during
a failure in communication with the management server; and
a control device that is operable, in the timing when the failure in communication has been recovered, to cause said communication
device to notify the management server of only part of the plurality of first maintenance information, which is collected
and stored in the storage device during the failure in communication, without notifying the management server of the rest
of the plurality of first maintenance information in the storage device, and to notify the management server of the second
maintenance information, which is newly collected and stored in the storage device, even if the second maintenance information
is generated in a plurality of timings, during the failure in communication.
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