Patent ID: 7546365

Claim:
A network device management system comprising a client apparatus, a server apparatus and at least one device separated from the client apparatus and the server apparatus, wherein said client apparatus comprises: a processor and a memory; requesting means for requesting said server apparatus to provide log information relating to a device; storage means for storing the log information relating to the device acquired from said server apparatus; and display means for displaying the log information stored in said storage means; and wherein said server apparatus comprises: a processor and a memory; setting means for setting a request time interval of acquiring the log information from the device; detection means for detecting whether or not the request time interval is set by the setting means; decision means for determining whether or not the device is equipped with a hard disk, and for determining the capacity of the hard disk, if any; determination means for determining, as a request time interval, one of first, second and third time intervals, where the first time interval is selected if said decision means determines that the device does not have a hard disk, the second time interval, which is longer than the first time interval, is selected if said decision means determines that the device has a hard disk and the capacity of the hard disk is less than a predetermined number, and the third time interval, which is longer than the second time interval, is selected if said decision means determines that the device has a hard disk and the capacity of the hard disk is equal to or more than the predetermined number, wherein the determination means determines the request time interval when the detection means detects that the request time interval is not set; acquisition means for acquiring, from the device, log information that is held by the device, at time intervals equal to the request time interval set by the setting means when the detection means detects that the request time interval is set or determined by said determination means if the detection means detects that the request time interval is not set; and transmitting means for transmitting log information acquired by said acquisition means to said client apparatus.