# US 11,445,471 B2 · Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and power storage apparatus management system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,445,471 B2 - Document ID: US11445471B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/691,625 - Filed: 2019-11-22 - Published: 2020-03-19 - Granted: 2022-09-13 - Earliest claimed: 2010-05-26 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Hideki Noma; Tomoyuki Ono; Hiroshi Kawashima; Kayoko Tanaka; Ryoki Honjo; Shigeru Tajima; Daisuke Yamazaki; Kazumi Sato; Yoshihito Ishibashi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11445471B2 ## CPC - H04W 68/00: User notification, e.g. alerting and paging, for incoming communication, change of service or the like - G05B 15/02: electric - G05F 1/66: Regulating electric power - H04B 1/1615: {Switching on; Switching off, e.g. remotely (battery saving circuits associated with selective call operation H04W52/00; details of power consumption reduction in a PLL, H03L7/0802, H03L7/14, H03L2207/08, H03L2207/18; muting amplifiers by gain control see H03G3/34)} - H04L 67/125: involving control of end-device applications over a network - H04M 1/72415: for remote control of appliances - H04W 24/00: Supervisory, monitoring or testing arrangements - H04W 88/02: Terminal devices - Y04S 40/18: Network protocols supporting networked applications, e.g. including control of end-device applications over a network - H04W: WIRELESS COMMUNICATION NETWORKS (broadcast communication H04H; communication systems using wireless links for non-selective communication, e.g. wireless extensions H04M1/72) - G05B: CONTROL OR REGULATING SYSTEMS IN GENERAL; FUNCTIONAL ELEMENTS OF SUCH SYSTEMS; MONITORING OR TESTING ARRANGEMENTS FOR SUCH SYSTEMS OR ELEMENTS (systems for controlling or regulating non-electric variables G05D; systems for regulating electric or magnetic variables G05F; control devices or systems insofar as characterised by mechanical features only G05G) - G05F: SYSTEMS FOR REGULATING ELECTRIC OR MAGNETIC VARIABLES - H04B: TRANSMISSION - H04L: TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION (arrangements common to telegraphic and telephonic communication H04M) - H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08) - Y04S: SYSTEMS INTEGRATING TECHNOLOGIES RELATED TO POWER NETWORK OPERATION, COMMUNICATION OR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING THE ELECTRICAL POWER GENERATION, TRANSMISSION, DISTRIBUTION, MANAGEMENT OR USAGE, i.e. SMART GRIDS ## Abstract In one example embodiment, a power storage management system includes a user terminal, a power storage apparatus and an information processing apparatus. In one example embodiment, the information processing apparatus is configured to, using a mobile communication network (e.g., Global System for Mobile Communications or the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System), communicate with the power storage apparatus. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An information processing apparatus, comprising: a battery configured to store power; and circuitry configured to: obtain first information indicative of a current position of the information processing apparatus; obtain second information indicative of a battery level of the information processing apparatus; and transmit wirelessly the first information and the second information to a terminal device via a wireless communication, wherein the information processing apparatus is configured to be in a first operation state in a case where the information processing apparatus is outside a predetermined region, and the information processing apparatus is configured to be in a second operation state in a case where the information processing apparatus is inside the predetermined region. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising: a sensor configured to obtain surrounding data of the information processing apparatus, wherein the circuitry is configured to: obtain the surrounding data as third information; and transmit wirelessly the third information to the terminal device via the wireless communication. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the circuitry is configured to: obtain fourth information indicating movement route of the information processing apparatus; and transmit wirelessly the fourth information to the terminal device via the wireless communication. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a GPS (Global Positioning System) to obtain the current position of the information processing apparatus. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the second information indicates a stored amount of power in the battery. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device is configured to output a warning notification to prevent theft of the information processing apparatus based on information received from the information processing apparatus. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the information processing apparatus is configured to be operable only within the predetermined region from a specific position. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The information processing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the terminal device is a smart phone. ### Claim 9 An information processing method, comprising: obtaining, using circuitry, first information indicative of a current position of an information processing apparatus having a battery configured to store power; obtaining, using the circuitry, second information indicative of a battery level of the information processing apparatus; and transmitting wirelessly the first information and the second information to a terminal device via a wireless communication, wherein the information processing apparatus is configured to be in a first operation state in a case where the information processing apparatus is outside a predetermined region, and the information processing apparatus is configured to be in a second operation state in a case where the information processing apparatus is inside the predetermined region. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The information processing method according to claim 9, further comprising: obtaining, using a sensor, surrounding data of the information processing apparatus; obtaining, using the circuitry, the surrounding data as third information; and transmitting wirelessly the third information to the terminal device via the wireless communication. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The information processing method according to claim 9, further comprising: obtaining, using the circuitry, fourth information indicating movement route of the information processing apparatus; and transmitting wirelessly the fourth information to the terminal device via the wireless communication. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The information processing method according to claim 9, wherein the current position of the information processing apparatus is obtained by a GPS (Global Positioning System) of the information processing apparatus. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The information processing method according to claim 9, wherein the second information indicates a stored amount of power in the battery. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The information processing method according to claim 9, wherein a warning notification to prevent theft of the information processing apparatus is outputted from the terminal device based on information received from the information processing apparatus. ### Claim 15 A non-transitory computer readable medium including executable instructions, which when executed by a computer of a terminal device cause the computer to execute a method, the method comprising: obtaining wirelessly, via a wireless communication, from an information processing apparatus having a battery, first information indicative of a current position of the information processing apparatus; obtaining wirelessly, via the wireless communication, from the information processing apparatus, second information indicative of a battery level of the information processing apparatus; and displaying, on the terminal device, the first information and the second information, wherein the information processing apparatus is configured to be in a first operation state in a case where the information processing apparatus is outside a predetermined region, and the information processing apparatus is configured to be in a second operation state in a case where the information processing apparatus is inside the predetermined region. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the method further comprises: obtaining, via the wireless communication, from the information processing apparatus, surrounding data of the information processing apparatus as third information, the surrounding data being obtained by the information processing apparatus using a sensor of the information processing apparatus. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the method further comprises: obtaining, via the wireless communication, from the information processing apparatus, fourth information indicating movement route of the information processing apparatus; and displaying, on the terminal device, the fourth information. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the current position of the information processing apparatus is obtained by a GPS (Global Positioning System) of the information processing apparatus. ### Claim 19 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15, wherein the second information indicates a stored amount of power in the battery. ### Claim 20 (depends on 15) The non-transitory computer readable medium according to claim 15, the method further comprises: outputting a warning notification to prevent theft of the information processing apparatus based on information received from the information processing apparatus.