Patent ID: 8001230

Claim:
A group management system comprising: a first management apparatus configured to be connected to a first equipment device group including a plurality of first equipment devices, the first management apparatus being configured to centrally manage the first equipment devices of the first equipment device group; a second management apparatus configured to be connected to a second equipment device group including a plurality of second equipment devices separate from the plurality of first equipment devices, the second management apparatus being configured to centrally manage the second equipment devices of the second equipment device group; and a group management apparatus connected to the first and second management apparatuses, the group management apparatus being configured to centrally manage the first and second equipment device groups, the first management apparatus including a first management program configured to centrally manage the first equipment devices of the first equipment device group, the first management program being configured to cause a first controlling screen to be displayed, the first controlling screen being used to receive control information for the first equipment device, the second management apparatus including a second management program configured to centrally manage the second equipment devices of the second equipment device group, the second management program being configured to cause a second controlling screen to be displayed, the second controlling screen being used to receive control information for the second equipment device, the group management apparatus including a group management memory unit configured to store a group management program configured to centrally manage the first and second equipment device groups, the group management program being configured to display group management results in a group management screen, the group management results including a managing result of the first equipment devices group and a managing result of the second equipment devices group, a group management control unit configured to execute the group management program and to determine a group operating circumstance for the each of the first and second equipment device groups, and a first display unit included in the group management screen and configured to display a list of group operating circumstances of the first and second equipment device groups that have been determined by the group management control unit, the list of group operating circumstances including a region corresponding to the groups and a region corresponding to the group operating circumstances, and the first display unit being configured to selectably display in a display region predetermined portions including at least one of the region corresponding to the groups and the region corresponding to the group operating circumstances, and a second display unit included in the group management screen and configured to display one operating circumstance for all the group operating circumstances collectively managed.