Patent application EP17204991A (EP), filed 2017-12-01
Publication number: EP3337098A1
Title: DATA COLLECTION SERVER, DEVICE, AND DATA COLLECTION AND TRANSMISSION SYSTEM
Abstract: Quickly transmitting and acquiring device information is enabled. A data collection server has a receiver that receives device information related to device states; an evaluator configured to determines if the received device information is first device information that is not an object of priority transmission, or second device information that is an object of priority transmission; and a transmitter configured to send the received device information to a management server that manages the device information. The transmitter transmits the second device information to the management server with priority over the first device information.
IPC codes: G06F   3/    12            A I
H04L  12/    24            A I
H04L  29/    08            A I
H04L  43/   065            A I
H04L  67/    00            A I
Claims: number: 1
text: A data collection server configured to connect to and communicate with a management server that manages a device, comprising:
number: 2
text: The data collection server described in claim 1, wherein:
number: 3
text: The data collection server described in claim 2, wherein:
number: 4
text: A device configured to transmit device information related to a device state to a data collection server that collects the device information, comprising:
a transmitter configured to send first device information to the data collection server at a predetermined timing; and
an operator configured to receive a specific user operation;
the transmitter, when the specific user operation is received by the operator, sending second device information different from the first device information to the data collection server in response to the user operation.
number: 5
text: The device described in claim 4, further comprising:
a receiver configured to receive time information from the data collection server before transmitting the device information; and
a corrector configured to correct time information kept by the device based on the received time information;
the transmitter sending the device information with time information for the device information based on the corrected time information.
number: 6
text: The device described in claim 4, wherein:
the device is a printer, further comprising
memory that stores a total printed page count, which is the total number of printed pages during a previous counting period and the current counting period, and a previous total printed page count, which is the total number of pages printed through the previous counting period; and
a display configured to display the number of pages printed in the current counting period based on the total printed page count and the previous total printed page count.
number: 7
text: A data collection and transmission system comprising:
Office action: search_report, dated 2018-06-20
Prior art cited: ref_id: JP2016045550A
ref_type: patent
severity: background
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ref_type: npl
severity: background
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ref_type: npl
severity: background
ref_id: - P. Niblett, S. Graham, "Events and service-oriented architecture: The OASIS Web Services Notification specifications", vol. 44, no. 4, ISSN 0018-8670, (20051026), pages 869 - 886, IBM SYSTEMS JOURNAL, URL: https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/3fd5/2caf2ab793e7e37684b84301cf8a10b62b45.pdf, (20180423), XP002780460 [I] 1-4,6,7 * page  873, column  1, paragraph  l  - column  2, paragraph  1; figures 1,7 * * page  879, column  1  - page  880 * * page  875, column  2, paragraph  2  - paragraph  5 * [A] 5
ref_type: npl
severity: background
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ref_type: npl
severity: background
Final disposition: pending (2018-06-20)