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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 28, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2013
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuyoshi Takemura, Tokyo, JP;
Kuniya Hayashi, Tokyo, JP;
Takanori Washiro, Kanagawa, JP;
Isao Soma, Saitama, JP;
Kayoko Tanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Yoichiro Sako, Tokyo, JP;
Kazutoshi Serita, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Higano, Kanagawa, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
There is provided an appliance management apparatus including a connection state acquiring unit acquiring information generated due to an appliance terminal of an electronic appliance being positioned close to or connected to a power supplying terminal that supplies power, and a connection state management unit managing a connection state of the appliance terminal to the power supplying terminal using the information acquired by the connection state acquiring unit.