Patent ID: 8725872
Filing Date: 2014-05-13
Classification: G03G,H04L

Abstract:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising: an acquiring unit that acquires an information item regarding an operating condition of an image forming apparatus; a first storage controller that stores the information item acquired by the acquiring unit in a memory; an extracting unit that extracts samples from among the information items stored in the memory in accordance with a predetermined algorithm if an amount of space remaining in the memory is smaller than a predetermined threshold value, the samples each representing a result of detection of the operating condition of the image forming apparatus; a statistical unit that computes a statistical value on the basis of the samples extracted by the extracting unit; a second storage controller that deletes the samples extracted by the extracting unit from the memory and stores, in the memory, the statistical value computed by the statistical unit; and a transmitting unit that transmits the information items stored in the memory to a server apparatus connected to the transmitting unit via a communication line.