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US 2002/0118974 A1Published application
System for managing operation status of equipment and apparatus used therein
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNobuhiro Ikeda
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorNobuhiro Ikeda
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To provide a data communications system which makes it possible to know the operation status of equipment without going to the installation location of the equipment. A management apparatus for notifying a center about the operation status of equipment has an operation status identification management table containing identification numbers which uniquely associate each piece of equipment with its operation statuses. When the management apparatus is notified of the operation status of equipment, it sends a user device such as a user-owned wireless mobile terminal the identification number which corresponds to the reported operation status, from among the registered identification numbers, as calling number information in a call-in message. The user device, which registers calling numbers and operation statuses of equipment to be displayed in advance using a telephone directory function, displays a message indicating the operation status of equipment which corresponds to the calling number contained in the call-in message.
A system for managing the operation status of equipment, comprising:
A system for managing the operation status of equipment, comprising:
A system for managing the operation status of equipment, comprising:
A control apparatus for managing the operation status of equipment, comprising:
A control apparatus for managing the operation status of equipment, comprising:
A control apparatus for managing the operation status of equipment, comprising:
A communications apparatus, comprising:
A method for managing the operation status of equipment, comprising a step of storing identification numbers which correspond to operation statuses of equipment and transmitting to a communications apparatus an identification number according to the operation status of equipment.
A method for managing the operation status of equipment, comprising a step of storing identification numbers which correspond to operation statuses of equipment and calling a communications apparatus using an identification number according to the operation status of equipment.
A method for managing the operation status of equipment, comprising a step of notifying a communications apparatus about the operation status of equipment when said communications apparatus registered with a control apparatus for managing the operation status of equipment enters a wireless service area of a management apparatus from out of the area.
A method for displaying the operation status of equipment, comprising a step of displaying stored operation status according to the identification number received when receiving an identification number for identifying the operation status of said equipment from a control apparatus used to manage the operation status of equipment.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.