Information processing apparatus, device management system, and device management method

A device management method executed by an information processing apparatus configured to communicate with one or more mediating devices that collect information on a device and one or more device managers that manage devices to be managed, the method comprising:

• managing correspondence between the device or the one or more mediating devices and the one or more device managers,
• acquiring device identification information including information on the device or collected by the one or more mediating devices from the one or more mediating devices,
• identifying a device manager corresponding to the device identification information from among the one or more device managers based on the correspondence, and
• transmitting the device identification information to the corresponding device manager,
• wherein in response to a registration number issue request including manager identification information to identify the device manager from the device manager, the method further includes:
• generating the registration number,
• managing the registration number in association with the manager identification information,
• transmitting the registration number to the device manager, and
• in response to a mediating device registration request including the registration number and the device identification information on the one or more mediating devices from the one or more mediating devices, managing the registration number and the device identification information included in the mediating device registration request in association with the manager identification information stored in association with the registration number included in the mediating device registration request, and
• identifying the corresponding device manager based on a correspondence between the device identification information and the manager identification information received from the one or more mediating devices.

A device management method executed by an information processing apparatus configured to communicate with one or more mediating devices that collect information on a device and one or more device managers that manage devices to be managed, the method comprising:

• managing correspondence between the device or the one or more mediating devices and the one or more device managers,
• acquiring device identification information including information on the device or collected by the one or more mediating devices from the one or more mediating devices,
• identifying a device manager corresponding to the device identification information from among the one or more device managers based on the correspondence, and
• transmitting the device identification information to the corresponding device manager,
• wherein in response to a registration number issue request including manager identification information received from the device manager, the method further includes:
• generating the registration number,
• managing the registration number in association with the manager identification information,
• transmitting the registration number to the device manager, and
• in response to a mediating device registration request including the registration number, the method includes:
• generating device identification information to identify the one or more mediating devices,
• managing the generated device identification information in association with the manager identification information stored in association with the registration number included in the mediating device registration request,
• transmitting the generated device identification information to the one or more mediating devices to indicate that the registration of the mediating device is completed, and
• identifying the corresponding device manager based on a correspondence between the device identification information and the manager identification information received from the one or more mediating devices.