Equipment management apparatus, equipment management system, and equipment management method

An equipment management apparatus for transmitting management information collected from a plurality of equipment to a centralized management apparatus, comprising:

• a first judging device for judging whether or not it is the time of transmitting information about first equipment;
• a second judging device for judging whether or not it is the time of transmitting information about second equipment;
• a priority determining controller for determining the order of priorities of the first and second equipment, based on the characteristics of each of the equipment;
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• a transmission controller for transmitting the information about the first and second equipment to the centralized management apparatus, in accordance with the order of priorities determined by the priority determining controller, when the first judging device judges that it is the time of transmitting the information about the first equipment, and the second judging device judges that it is the time of transmitting the information about the second equipment.

An equipment management system including an equipment management apparatus for transmitting management information collected from a plurality of equipment, and a centralized management apparatus for managing each of the plurality of equipment based on the management information transmitted from the equipment management apparatus,

• wherein the equipment management apparatus comprises:
• a detector for detecting a trouble which has occurred in first equipment;
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• a transmission controller for, when the trouble is detected by the detector, transmitting management information about second equipment which is other than the first equipment together with the trouble information about the first equipment to the centralized management apparatus.

An equipment management system including an equipment management apparatus for transmitting management information collected from a plurality of equipment, and a centralized management apparatus for managing each of the plurality of equipment based on the management information transmitted from the equipment management apparatus,

• wherein the equipment management apparatus comprises:
• a first judging device for judging whether or not it is the time of transmitting information about first equipment;
• a second judging device for judging whether or not it is the time of transmitting the information about second equipment;
• a priority determining controller for determining an order of priorities of the first and second equipment, based on a characteristic of each of the equipment;
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• a transmission controller for transmitting the information about the first and second equipment to the centralized management apparatus, in accordance with the order of priorities determined by the priority determining controller, when the first judging device judges that it is the time of transmitting the information about the first equipment, and the second judging device judges that it is the time of transmitting the information about the second equipment.

An equipment management method in which one equipment management apparatus collects management information about a plurality of equipment, and the equipment management apparatus transmits the management information to a centralized management apparatus so as to manage the plurality of equipment, comprising steps of:

• a step of judging whether or not it is the time of transmitting information about first equipment from the equipment management apparatus;
• a step of judging whether or not it is the time of transmitting the information about second equipment from the equipment management apparatus;
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• a step of transmitting the information about the first and second equipment from the equipment management apparatus to the centralized management apparatus, in accordance with the order of priorities based on the characteristics of each of the equipment, when it is judged that it is the time of transmitting the information about the first equipment, and it is judged that it is the time of transmitting the information about the second equipment.