Patent ID: 6950864

Claim:
A management object process unit comprising: a control processing section for performing a control of selectively collecting a plurality of management objects from a managed device; and a memory section for storing management objects collected from the managed device; wherein the control processing section includes an object managing section for: (i) classifying the management objects into a first type having a collection time that is shorter than a reference collection time, and a second type having a collection time that is not shorter than the reference collection time; (ii) collecting the management objects of the first type, and storing the collected management objects of the first type; (iii) performing, in response to an object collection request for a management object of the second type, a sequence of: (a) collecting the management objects of the requested second type after completion of the collection of the management objects of the first type, and (b) transmitting the collected management objects of the second type; and (iv) performing, in response to an object collection request for a management object of the first type, a sequence of: (a) retrieving from the memory section the management objects of the requested first type, and (b) transmitting the retrieved management objects of the first type, such that the management objects of the first type can be transmitted concurrently with the collection of the management objects of the second type.