Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Device management apparatus and method generating area information of where a device is used based on location information of a terminal remotely using the device
- Patent Title (中): 基于使用该设备的终端的位置信息,设备管理装置和方法生成使用设备的位置的区域信息
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Application No.: US13592938Application Date: 2012-08-23
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Publication No.: US09071708B2Publication Date: 2015-06-30
- Inventor: Yasuhiro Hosoda
- Applicant: Yasuhiro Hosoda
- Applicant Address: unknown Tokyo
- Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
- Current Assignee Address: unknown Tokyo
- Agency: Fitzpatrick, Cella, Harper & Scinto
- Priority: JP2011-192033 20110902
- Main IPC: G06K15/02
- IPC: G06K15/02 ; H04N1/00 ; G06F3/12 ; H04N1/32

Abstract:
A device management apparatus which manages a device and a terminal which remotely uses the device, the apparatus comprises a log acquisition unit configured to acquire a log of the device; a usage location specification unit configured to specify a location of the terminal at the time of use of the device based on the log acquired by the log acquisition unit; and a generation unit configured to generate information of an area where the device is used, based on the location of the terminal at the time of use of the device which is specified by the usage location specification unit.
Public/Granted literature
- US20130057906A1 DEVICE MANAGEMENT APPARATUS, DEVICE MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND COMPUTER-READABLE MEDIUM Public/Granted day:2013-03-07
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