| CPC H04N 1/00323 (2013.01) [H04N 1/00042 (2013.01); H04N 1/00058 (2013.01); H04N 1/00244 (2013.01); H04N 1/00344 (2013.01); H04N 1/4426 (2013.01)] | 6 Claims |
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1. A monitoring apparatus for monitoring a device, the monitoring apparatus comprising:
a memory storing instructions; and
a processor that executes the instructions to:
manage the device, which is a management target to be monitored, based on a list obtained from a management system that includes an authorization service for performing authorization processing;
periodically obtain, from the device, a state of registration of the device to the management system, the state being managed by the device;
specify the device as an unmatched device in a case where the state of registration obtained from the device indicates that the device is not registered;
instruct the unmatched device to transmit, to the authorization service, a request to register the unmatched device to the management system; and
manage whether the state of registration of the unmatched device has changed to indicate that the device is registered, by obtaining the state of registration from the device once or more after the instruction to transmit the request has been given, wherein the managing the state of registration of the unmatched device:
indicates that the device is not registered in a case where the state of registration obtained from the unmatched device does not change to indicate that the device is registered, even after the state of registration is obtained a predetermined number of times.
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