Management apparatus, management system and management method

US8982012B2 · US · B2

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Publication numberUS-8982012-B2
Application numberUS-201113188846-A
CountryUS
Kind codeB2
Filing dateJul 22, 2011
Priority dateAug 3, 2010
Publication dateMar 17, 2015
Grant dateMar 17, 2015

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Disclosed is a management apparatus, which makes it possible to use an information viewing apparatus without considering the residual amount of the battery, provided therein. The apparatus includes: a plurality of slots to support a plurality of information viewing apparatuses, each of which is activated by an electric power fed from a battery provided therein and is to be inserted into each of the slots in a detachable manner; and a controlling section to control the plurality of information viewing apparatuses, respectively inserted into the slots. When a predetermined information viewing apparatus is inserted into one of the plurality of slots, the controlling section moves data stored in the predetermined information viewing apparatus to another information viewing apparatus, which is currently inserted into another one of the plurality of slots, depending on a residual amount of the battery provided in the predetermined information viewing apparatus.

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What is claimed is: 1. A management apparatus for use with a plurality of information viewing apparatuses, including a first information viewing apparatus and a second information viewing apparatus, each of the plurality of information viewing apparatus structured to be powered from a battery provided therein, the management apparatus comprising: a plurality of slots, each of the plurality of slots being structured as a cradle, which accommodates one of the plurality of informatio…

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What does patent US8982012B2 cover?
Disclosed is a management apparatus, which makes it possible to use an information viewing apparatus without considering the residual amount of the battery, provided therein. The apparatus includes: a plurality of slots to support a plurality of information viewing apparatuses, each of which is activated by an electric power fed from a battery provided therein and is to be inserted into each of…
Who is the assignee on this patent?
Takamura Shunsuke, Shibata Tetsuhiro, Eguchi Tatsuya, and 4 more
What technology area does this patent fall under?
Primary CPC classification H04N1/00891. Mapped technology areas include Electricity.
When was this patent published?
Publication date Tue Mar 17 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
What related patents are in patentsdb?
We list 8 related publications on this page (citations in our corpus or others sharing the same primary CPC).