Patent ID: 7539633

Claim:
A parts-management system comprising: a terminal apparatus; and a management apparatus for communicating with said terminal apparatus, wherein said terminal apparatus includes: a first memory which stores identification information of each part used in said terminal apparatus and an operation value corresponding to an operation of each part in a mutually related manner, and a controller of said terminal apparatus which performs a predetermined operation processing corresponding to an operation of each part and updates said operation value stored in said first memory when said part operates, wherein said controller of said terminal apparatus updates, based on said identification information and said operation value of each part transmitted from said management apparatus, the corresponding operation value of said identification information stored in said first memory; a first transmitter which transmits said identification information of each part and said operation value corresponding to said identification information to said management apparatus; and a second transmitter which transmits a request signal for requesting a transmission of said operation value for at least one part, and wherein said management apparatus includes: a second memory which stores said identification information of each part and said operation value each sent by said first transmitter in a mutually related manner; a third transmitter which transmits said identification information and said operation value each stored in said second memory to said terminal apparatus in response to said request signal, and wherein said second memory is configured to store a life value showing a total life of each part.