Patent ID: 8446626
Filing Date: 2013-05-21
Classification: G03G,G06F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A monitoring device for monitoring an image forming device by being connected with the image forming device capable of operating in a reduction mode in which provision of a function is halted, the monitoring device comprising: a receiver configured to receive from the image forming device usage information indicating a history of manipulations by a user and reduction information indicating that the image forming device is operating in a reduction mode: a priority determination unit configured to, when having received the reduction information with the receiver, determine a priority of maintenance work on a function the provision of which has been halted indicated by the reduction information; a registration unit configured to register in a management table the reduction information received by the receiver and the priority determined by the priority determination unit based on the reduction information in association with each other; and an output unit configured to output the reduction information and the associated priority information registered in the management table by the registration unit, wherein when the usage information received by the receiver indicates a manipulation with respect to a function the provision of which has been halted indicated by the received reduction information, the priority determination unit determines a priority corresponding to the reduction information so that the priority is relatively higher than in the case where there is no manipulation with respect to the function the provision of which has been halted indicated by the received reduction information.