Patent ID: 8467076

Claim:
An administration device configured to be connected in a communicable manner with a first device and a second device, the administration device comprising: a controller configured to operate as: a first acquisition unit configured to sequentially acquire a first number (M1) of types of object information from the first device by sequentially making requests to the first device for a second number (N1) of types of object information, wherein each of the M1 types of object information is a part of the N1 types of object information, the N1 is an integer equal to or greater than 2, and the M1 is an integer equal to or greater than 1 and is less than the N1; and a second acquisition unit configured to newly acquire the M1 types of object information from the first device, after the first acquisition unit has sequentially acquired the M1 types of object information, by making a request to the first device for the M1 types of object information that can be acquired from the first device, without sequentially making requests to the first device for the N1 types of object information, wherein, in a first case where model information of the second device matches model information of the first device, the second acquisition unit further acquires the M1 types of object information from the second device by making a request to the second device for the M1 types of object information that can be acquired from the first device, without sequentially making requests to the second device for the N1 types of object information.