Patent ID: 8169637
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A device monitoring apparatus that monitors a device and is connected with a management apparatus through a network, the device monitoring apparatus comprising: a storage module that stores device identification information for specifying the device to which the device monitoring apparatus is detachably attached; an obtaining module that obtains monitoring target device identification information for specifying a monitoring target device that is targeted of monitoring; a determination module that determines, on the basis of whether the device identification information and the monitoring target device identification information are identical, whether the monitoring target device has changed; a transmission module that transmits information for specifying the changed monitoring target device to the management apparatus when the determination module determines that the monitoring target device is changed; a receiving module that receives monitored item configuration information from the management apparatus, wherein the monitored item configuration information includes a monitoring item for the changed monitoring device; a monitored item storage module that stores the received monitoring item configuration information; and a monitoring module that monitors status of use of the monitoring target device based on the monitored item configuration information.