Patent ID: 6970167

Claim:
A system for monitoring objects based on monitor information indicative of statuses of the objects, comprising: a local monitoring apparatus configured to store therein a first set of the monitor information and a second set of the monitor information, to change the first set of the monitor information in response to an operation performed on said local monitoring apparatus, and to display the first set of the monitor information on said local monitoring apparatus; and a central monitoring apparatus configured to communicate with said local monitoring apparatus to change the second set of the monitor information stored in said local monitoring apparatus in response to an operation performed on said central monitoring apparatus, and to display the second set of the monitor information on said central monitoring apparatus; wherein the first set of the monitor information and the second set of the monitor information are together updated to indicate a newly occurring event of the objects, and are changed independently for confirmation of the event by said local monitoring apparatus and said central monitoring apparatus, respectively.