Patent ID: 8060595

Claim:
A management system, comprising: a management apparatus; a managed apparatus to be managed by the management apparatus; and an HTTP (Hyper-Text Transfer Protocol) server through which the management apparatus and the managed apparatus are coupled to each other; wherein the managed apparatus includes a connection controlling section which performs a first controlling process and a second controlling process, wherein the first controlling process performed by the connection controlling section comprises: periodically controlling to connect the managed apparatus to the HTTP server every time when a regular connecting timing arrives; reading information written in advance in the HTTP server by the management apparatus; and writing apparatus information that represents a current state of the managed apparatus into the HTTP server; wherein the second controlling process performed by the connection controlling section comprises: determining whether or not the managed apparatus should actually be connected to the HTTP server when the regular connecting timing has arrived, based on a load status of the managed apparatus, or a presence or absence of a job currently being processed by the managed apparatus; and connecting the managed apparatus to the HTTP server at a specific timing, other than the regular connecting timing, according to a rule established in advance, when the connection controlling section determines that the managed apparatus should not be connected to the HTTP server at the regular connecting timing; and wherein, when a number of times the managed apparatus is not connected to the HTTP server at the regular connecting timing exceeds a predetermined number, the connection controlling section temporarily suspends the processing of the current job so as to connect the managed apparatus to the HTTP server.