Patent ID: 8416435

Claim:
An installation location management system, comprising: a management device that comprises: a map information memory that stores map information, the map information associating coordinate information with character string information which represents a location; a map image information output unit that outputs, in response to receiving an instruction from an information processing device to update installation location information of the information processing device including identification information of the information processing device, map image information to the information processing device connected via a communication system, the map image information associating identification information of information processing devices with their respective locations; a controller which restricts updating of the installation location information of the information processing device by rejecting any update starting requests from other information processing devices while the management device is processing the instruction to update the installation location information of the information processing device identified by the identification information; a coordinate information receiving unit that receives, from the information processing device and in response to the output of the map image information, coordinate information about a location where the information processing device is installed; a character string information obtaining unit that uses the map information stored in the map information memory and the coordinate information received by the coordinate information receiving unit to obtain the character string information; and a character string information transmitting unit that sends, to the information processing device in response to the reception of the coordinate information, the character string information obtained by the character string information obtaining unit; and the information processing device that comprises: a map image information receiving unit that receives the map image information that the management device outputs; a map image output unit that outputs a map image in accordance with the received map image information; a coordinate information receiving unit that receives an input of the coordinate information about the installation location of the information processing device; a coordinate information transmitting unit that sends the received coordinate information to the management device; a character string information receiving unit that receives the character string information associated with the coordinate information and sent from the management device; and a character string information memory that stores the received character string information.