Patent ID: 7383474
Filing Date: 2008-06-03
Classification: G03G,G06F,H04L,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A local monitor unit for transmitting status information formed of a plurality of pieces of status information indicating an operation state of a machine to be monitored to an integrated monitor unit through a computer network, said local monitor unit comprising: a local information getting unit for getting the status information of the machine connected to a first-type local computer network by identifying an address of the machine; a local information retaining unit for retaining the status information obtained by the local information getting unit and individual information of the machine; a local information transmitting unit for transmitting at least a part of the plurality of pieces of the status information retained in the local information retaining unit to the integrated monitor unit through a second-type wide area computer network; and a data transmitting unit for transmitting data to the integrated monitor unit through the second-type wide-area computer network, the data being employed for registering in the integrated monitor unit the machine to be monitored and the first-type local computer network connected to the machine and being prepared based on the individual information; wherein the integrated monitor unit identifies the status information is for which machine to be monitored and connected to which first-type local computer network, based on the data registered in the integrated monitor unit, to thereby make a predetermined display display the status information, the status information being transmitted by the local monitor unit at a predetermined timing set at the local monitor unit.