Electronic apparatus and non-transitory computer readable recording medium suitable for acquiring status information

A electronic apparatus, comprising a control unit, wherein

• the control unit comprises a processor and memory, controls operation of the electronic apparatus by executing a control program, and comprises a system-control unit and a status-information-acquisition unit;
• the system-control unit downloads applications from an application-providing server for acquiring status information of each extension on the electronic apparatus;
• the electronic apparatus comprises a storage device that stores the downloaded applications;
• the status-information-acquisition unit executes the applications and acquires status information of the extensions when the downloaded applications are stored in the storage device;
• the system-control unit transmits the status information to a status-monitoring server, and after transmitting the status information, deletes the applications that are stored in the storage device;
• the status-information-acquisition unit manages application-acquisition-setting information that has address information that indicates acquisition destinations of the applications, acquisition timing of the applications, and ID information of the applications to be acquired;
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• the system-control unit monitors the application-acquisition-setting information, and when the current time is the acquisition timing for an application, sends a transmission request to the application-providing server that corresponds to the address information for transmitting the application that corresponds to the ID information.