Patent ID: 9094366
Filing Date: 2015-07-28
Classification: G06F,H04L,H04N

Abstract:
1. An agency device which is connected with one or more image forming devices in a local network having a firewall provided therein, comprising: a management command receiving unit, inside a firewall, configured to start a connection with a management device, outside the firewall, which carries out remote management of the one or more image forming devices in the local network through the Internet, and receive a management command from the management device via the firewall in response to the connection, wherein the received management command includes a request, at least, for changing an interval amount of the periodic interval or setting a heater temperature of one of the image forming devices; a management command analysis unit configured to analyze the management command received from the management device, and determine whether the received management command is a management command sent to the agency device or a management command sent to the one or more image forming devices; and a communication unit configured to receive device-state information from a corresponding one of the one or more image forming devices as a response to a device message sent to the corresponding image-forming device based on the management command received by the management command receiving unit.