System for operating a plurality of apparatuses based on...

Electrical computers and digital processing systems: multicomput – Computer network managing

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C709S203000, C709S222000, C709S224000, C709S248000, C714S001000

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09772919

ABSTRACT:
An administrative server automatically manages the operating time of each of plural terminal equipments and promotes rotation between those having respective, longer and shorter operating times to thereby reduce the occurrence of trouble and improve operating efficiency. Respective operating times of a plurality of terminal equipments are measured and equalized at the expiry of a predetermined operation period tf. Rotation candidate terminal equipments are determined, based on their respective, accumulated operating times before the expiry of the predetermined operation period tx, and terminal equipments rotation messages are sent to the so determined rotation candidate terminal equipments. After an exchange of one of the rotation candidate terminal equipments with another, both are re-connected and the data associated with the one of the rotation candidate terminal equipments is downloaded onto the another rotation candidate terminal equipment. After the rotation is completed, operation of the respective terminal equipments resumes concurrently.

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