A fault information collection program capable of accurately determining
redundancy of information related to an identical fault even in cases
where information indicating the same fault of the same target of
monitoring is received from multiple devices. When new fault information
including fault detection date and time is input, the latest fault
information indicating a fault related to the fault identical with that
of the new fault information is acquired from a message information
storage means storing a plurality of past fault information including
detection dates and times of faults. It is then determined whether or not
a predetermined messaging interval has elapsed since the fault detection
date and time indicated by the latest fault information until the fault
detection date and time indicated by the new fault information. If the
messaging interval has elapsed, the new fault information is stored in
the message information storage means as valid fault information.