Method and apparatus for managing monitoring task

An apparatus for managing a monitoring task, comprising:

• a hardware processor, configured to perform programming components stored in a memory, wherein the programming components comprise:
• a receiving module, configured to receive monitoring configuration information transmitted by a machine to machine, M2M, service platform or an M2M application server, wherein a management parameter for managing a monitoring task is carried in the monitoring configuration information;
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• the managing module, configured to manage the monitoring task according to the management parameter, wherein the management parameter comprises:
• a monitoring task addition/modification list, and/or a monitoring task deletion list, wherein when the management parameter contains the monitoring task addition/modification list, the managing parameter comprises:
• a storing unit, configured to, in the case that a first monitoring identifier in the monitoring task addition/modification list is not in a local monitoring task list, store the first monitoring identifier, a first monitoring object corresponding to the first monitoring identifier, and a first report configuration corresponding to the first monitoring identifier as a new monitoring task in the local monitoring task list;
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• a replacing unit, configured to, in the case that the first monitoring identifier in the monitoring task addition/modification list is in the local monitoring task list, replace a second monitoring object corresponding to a second monitoring identifier which is the same as the first monitoring identifier, and/or a second report configuration corresponding to the second monitoring identifier in the local monitoring task list with the first monitoring object corresponding to the first monitoring identifier and/or the report configuration corresponding to the first monitoring identifier.