Device management apparatus, device management system, and device management method

A device management system, comprising:

• a device information acquisition unit configured to acquire pieces of region information and pieces of model information from a plurality of devices, respectively, each piece of region information indicating information about a region where the corresponding device is present, each piece of model information indicating a model representing a type of the corresponding device;
• a first information generating unit configured to generate first information associating the region indicated by the each piece of region information with the model present in the region;
• a second information storage unit configured to store therein second information defining each of the device setting contents that is determined in accordance with at least one of the region where the model corresponding to the each of the device setting contents is present and another model present in the region;
• and
• a third information generating unit configured to generate third information associating the models included in the first information with the device setting contents, respectively, by referring to the second information.

A device management method, comprising:

• acquiring pieces of region information and pieces of model information from a plurality of devices, respectively, each piece of region information indicating information about a region where the corresponding device is present, each piece of model information indicating a model representing a type of the corresponding device;
• generating first information associating the region indicated by the each piece of region information with the model present in the region;
• and
• generating third information associating the models included in the first information with device setting contents, respectively, by referring to second information, each of the device setting contents being defined by the second information and being determined in accordance with at least one of the region where the model corresponding to the each of the device setting contents is present and another model present in the region.