Patent ID: 8589534
Filing Date: 2013-11-19
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A device information management apparatus for processing a report from a device management client, comprising: a reception unit configured to receive the report from the device management client during a failure of a transaction system; a determining unit configured to determine whether to process the report based on an importance level of the report and a load level of the device information management apparatus; a processing unit configured to process the report if the determining unit determines to process the report; and a discarding unit configured to discard the report if the determining unit determines not to process the report; wherein the processing unit is configured to store the report in a storage unit if the report is a regular report and to transfer the report to an information utilization system if the report is an irregular report, wherein the determining unit is configured to determine to process the report if the sum of the importance level and the load level is equal to or greater than a predetermined threshold and to determine not to process the report if the sum of the importance level and the load level is less than the predetermined threshold.