Patent ID: 8135632
Filing Date: 2012-03-13
Classification: G06F,G06Q

Abstract:
1. A device administration system comprising: a device; an administration device that administers usage status information of the device for each of a plurality of administrative units including a plurality of first administrative units that are corresponding to a user and/or an organization and a common second administrative unit that is not corresponding to a user and/or an organization of the first administrative units; and an administration information change device that is operable to change settings of each first administrative unit to exclude one or more of the first administrative units from among the plurality of first administrative units; wherein in a case where the administration information change device excludes one of the first administrative units from among the plurality of first administrative units, the administration information change device automatically adds the usage status information of the excluded administrative unit to the usage status information of the second administrative unit; and wherein the device includes a storage unit comprising a first storage area storing usage status information of the first administrative units corresponding to a user and/or an organization, and a second storage area storing usage status information of the common second administrative unit not corresponding to a user and/or an organization of the first administrative units, and when one of the first administrative units is excluded from among the plurality of first administrative units, the administration information change device automatically adds the usage status information from the first storage area to the second storage area.