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Power management apparatus, and method of providing game contents
US8968094B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-8968094-B2 |
| Application number | US-201113008309-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Jan 18, 2011 |
| Priority date | Jan 25, 2010 |
| Publication date | Mar 3, 2015 |
| Grant date | Mar 3, 2015 |
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There is provided a power management apparatus including a game service providing unit providing, to an electronic appliance, a service using game contents whose theme is power. The game service providing unit includes a game control unit controlling execution of the game contents, a real world constructing unit constructing a setting of a game reflecting a real-world environment, based on managed appliance information stored in a database, and a virtual world constructing unit constructing a setting of the game reflecting a virtual environment, based on a setting set in advance in the game contents. The game control unit is operable to initialize the game contents by combining the setting of the game constructed by the real world constructing unit and the setting of the game constructed by the virtual world constructing unit.
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What is claimed is: 1. A power management apparatus comprising: a managed appliance registering unit carrying out authentication on an electronic appliance connected to a power network and registering an electronic appliance for which the authentication has succeeded as a managed appliance; a managed appliance information acquiring unit acquiring from the managed appliance, as managed appliance information, at least any of appliance information including identification informati…
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- What does patent US8968094B2 cover?
- There is provided a power management apparatus including a game service providing unit providing, to an electronic appliance, a service using game contents whose theme is power. The game service providing unit includes a game control unit controlling execution of the game contents, a real world constructing unit constructing a setting of a game reflecting a real-world environment, based on mana…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Yoshida Asami, Katagi Masanobu, Moriai Shiho, and 6 more
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification A63F13/65. Mapped technology areas include Human Necessities.
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- Publication date Tue Mar 03 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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