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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 05, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2011
Applicant:
Kazunori Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Inventor:
Kazunori Kato, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06F 15/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/12 (2006.01); G06K 1/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A device management system of the present invention, in which a device which is allowed to shift to a power saving mode and a management apparatus which manages the device are connected to a network, allows the management apparatus to recognize power consumption statuses of devices without making any periodic communications between the management apparatus and devices.