| US 7,461,069 B2 | ||
| Log information management device, log information generation device, and computer-readable medium storing log information management program therein | ||
| Munemitsu Ikegami, Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo (Japan) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 26, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/113,995. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 2004-144133 (JP), filed on May 13, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0256869 A1, Nov. 17, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 17/30 (2006.01); G06F 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 707—10 [707/102] | 7 Claims |
| 6. A log management system, comprising:
a plurality of networked log information generation devices, each device comprising:
a communication part configured to communicate with a log information management device configured to manage log information
about a print or copy job via a network;
a log information generation part configured to generate the log information in a tagged structured language to which job
creation time information and log send time information are added, wherein said job creation time indicates the time when
the job is created, and wherein said log send time information indicates the time when log information is sent; and
a sending part configured to send the log information generated by the log information generation part to the log information
management device based on a protocol using the tagged structured language; and
a log information management device comprising a receiving part configured to receive the log information from each of said
plurality of log information generation devices and to automatically synchronize the job creation time information for each
device according to the time in the log information management device.
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