Patent ID: 9130880
Filing Date: 2015-09-08
Classification: G06F,H04L

Abstract:
1. A management system, which manages information acquisition for a plurality of resources, comprising: a plurality of information acquisition apparatuses, each configured to independently acquire information on one or more of the resources; a storage device; and a control device coupled to the storage device, and to the information acquisition apparatuses, wherein the storage device stores information specifying a resource group, which is a group of the resources targeted for acquiring information at approximately the same time points, wherein the control device is configured to: send to each of the information acquisition apparatuses, which are configured to acquire information on the resources of the specified resource group, an information acquisition indication which defines a timing for acquiring information from the resources of the specified resource group so that the information from the resources of the specified resource group is acquired at approximately the same time points, determine whether or not differences between information acquisition time points of the resources of the specified resource group from the information acquisition apparatuses are each within a prescribed acceptable deviation, and in a case where one or more of the differences are not within the prescribed acceptable deviation, adjust a timing at which the information acquisition indication is sent to the information acquisition apparatuses so as to reduce the difference between the information acquisition time points of the resources of the specified resource group.