Patent ID: 7209251

Claim:
A document input/output system comprising: a document input/output apparatus connected to a network; a management server which manages the document input/output apparatus and stores initial registration data of the document input/output apparatus; and a messaging server which communicates operating status information of the document input/output apparatus from the document input/output apparatus to the management server via the network, wherein the initial registration data is stored in the management server prior to connection of the document input/output apparatus to the network and transmitted from the management server to the document input/output apparatus when the document input/output apparatus is installed at a user location and connected to the management server via the network, said document input/output apparatus storing the initial registration data that is received from the management server to complete an initial registration with the management server, wherein the document input/output apparatus accesses the messaging server using the initial registration data to transmit the operating status information to the management server.