Patent ID: 11907914
Assignee: TOSHIBA TEC KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G  H

Claim 5:
6. A portable terminal that provides maintenance information to a maintenance server that manages the maintenance information, comprising:
a port, an external recording medium being connected to the port, the maintenance information being recorded in the recording medium;
a communication device that uses a communication line of a different type to communicate with the maintenance server; and
a processor configured to
acquire the maintenance information from the recording medium,
acquire, from the maintenance server via the communication device, determination information for determining a transmission priority of the maintenance information, and
determine, on a basis of a type of a communication line that can be used by the communication device and the acquired determination information, whether to transmit the acquired maintenance information, wherein

the determination information includes rank information indicating a transmission priority defined for the maintenance information,
the rank information is determined by the maintenance server on a basis of predetermined rank determination information, and
the processor determines, where the rank information has changed, whether to transmit the maintenance information in accordance with the type of the communication line that can be used by the communication device and the rank information after the change.