Information processing method, information processing apparatus and memory medium

An information processing method, comprising:

• a storing step of storing the input information sequentially;
• a total information generating step of generating the total information by totaling said input information;
• an input information transmitting step of transmitting said input information to the upper apparatus each time the information is input;
• a total information transmitting step of transmitting said total information that is generated by said total information generating step at each of predetermined intervals to said upper apparatus;
• an input information transmission demanding step of demanding a transmission of said input information of said upper apparatus upon a fault occurrence;
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• a recovering step of storing said input information provided from said upper apparatus when said input information is received from said upper apparatus, and for recovering said total information by totaling said input information.

An information processing method, comprising:

• an input information storing step of storing the input information transmitted from the terminal apparatus;
• a total information storing step of storing the total information that is a total of said input information provided from said terminal apparatus at each of predetermined intervals;
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• an information transmitting step of transmitting said input information stored in said input information storing step and said total information stored in said total information storing step to said terminal apparatus upon a demand by said terminal apparatus.

An information processing apparatus to which information is input and which transmits the input information to an upper apparatus, comprising:

• inputting means for inputting information;
• total information generating means for generating the total information by totaling said input information that is input by said inputting means;
• storing means for storing the input information that is input by said inputting means and storing said total information generated by said total information generating means;
• information transmitting means for transmitting the information that is input by said inputting means to an upper apparatus every time the information is input, and transmitting said total information that is generated by said total information generating means at each of predetermined intervals to said upper apparatus;
• input information transmission demanding means for demanding a transmission of said input information from said upper apparatus when a fault occurs;
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• recovering means for recovering said total information by storing said input information that is input from said upper apparatus in said storing means and by totaling said input information that is input from said information apparatus when said input information is received from said upper apparatus.

A computer-readable memory medium having a program embodied therein for causing a computer, to which information is input and which provides the input information to an upper apparatus, to execute:

• an inputting step of inputting information;
• a total information generating step of generating the total information by totaling said input information that is input by said inputting step;
• a storing step of storing the input information that is input by said inputting means and storing said total information that is generated by said total information generating means;
• an information transmitting step of transmitting information input by said input step to said upper apparatus every time an input is made, and transmitting said total information generated by said total information generating step at each of predetermined intervals to said upper apparatus;
• an input information transmission demanding step of demanding of said upper apparatus a transmission of said input information when a fault occurs;
• and
• a recovering step of storing said input information that is input from said upper apparatus to said storing step when said input information is received from said upper apparatus, and for recovering said total information by totaling said input information that is input from said information apparatus.