Device for equipment apparatus, management apparatus, equipement apparatus management system, method and computer program for controlling communication between equipment apparatus and management apparatus

A device connected to an equipment apparatus and configured to communicate with a management apparatus through a network, the device comprising:

• a command receiver section configured to receive a command from the management apparatus;
• a notification transmitter section configured to transmit a notification to the management apparatus at a predetermined time interval;
• and
• a notification prevention executor section configured to prevent the notification transmitter section from transmitting the notification to the management apparatus in response to the command.

A device connected to an equipment apparatus and configured to communicate with a management apparatus through a network, the device comprising:

• a command receiver section configured to receive a command from the management apparatus;
• a notification prevention executor section configured to prevent a notification from being transmitted to the management apparatus;
• a notification prevention canceller section configured to cancel a notification prevention state executed by the notification prevention executor section in response to the command;
• and
• a notification transmitter section configured to transmit the notification to the management apparatus.

A communication control method for controlling communication between a management apparatus configured to manage a plurality of equipment apparatuses through a network and a plurality of devices connected to the equipment apparatuses and configured to communicate with the management apparatus, the communication control method comprising:

• a notification transmission step in which each of the devices transmits a notification to the management apparatus at a predetermined time interval;
• a notification receipt step in which the management apparatus receives the notification from each of the devices;
• a registration determination step in which the management apparatus determines a registered/unregistered status of each of the equipment apparatuses based on
• a plurality of sets of preliminarily stored identification information of the equipment apparatuses, respectively, and
• a plurality of sets of preliminarily stored registration information of the equipment apparatuses, respectively, in order to indicate the registered/unregistered status of each of the equipment apparatuses when the management apparatus receives the notification;
• a notification prevention command creation step in which the management apparatus creates a notification prevention command when the management apparatus has determined that each of the equipment apparatuses has the unregistered status;
• a command transmission step in which the management apparatus transmits the notification prevention command to each of the devices;
• a command receipt step in which each of the devices receives the notification prevention command from the management apparatus;
• and
• a notification prevention step in which each of the devices prevents transmission of the notification when each of the devices receives the notification prevention command.