US 6,789,208 B2 · SYSTEM FOR SYNCHRONIZED POWER SUPPLY CONTROL OVER A PLURALITY OF ELECTRONIC DEVICES BY DETERMINING WHETHER ANY ONE OF THE ELECTRONIC DEVICES CONFORMS TO A PREDETERMINED CONDITION AND SYNCHRONOUSLY SWITCHING ON OR OFF EACH DEVICE THAT SATISFIES THE PREDETERMINED CONDITION

Abstract

A controlling apparatus capable of synchronized power supply control over a plurality of electronic devices which are connected to the controlling apparatus via a bus pursuant to a predetermined communication format and which are fabricated by a plurality of venders including those different from the vender of the controlling apparatus. If any one of the electronic devices is selected regardless of its vender as an input by the controlling apparatus and is judged to have a link only with the controlling apparatus, the electronic device in question is switched on or off synchronously by the controlling apparatus.

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Dependent claims

A controlling apparatus capable of synchronized power supply control over a plurality of electronic devices which are connected to said controlling apparatus via a bus pursuant to a predetermined communication format and which are fabricated by a plurality of venders including those different from the vender of said controlling apparatus, said controlling apparatus comprising:

operating means for causing said controlling apparatus to execute synchronized power-off control;
first determining means for, when said operating means is operated by a user, determining whether any one of said electronic devices which is currently selected by said controlling apparatus as an input conforms to a predetermined condition;
and
controlling means for synchronously switching off each electronic device which is currently selected by said controlling apparatus as the input and which is judged by said first determining means not to conform to said predetermined condition.

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A controlling method for causing a controlling apparatus to execute synchronized power supply control over a plurality of electronic devices which are connected to said controlling apparatus via a bus pursuant to a predetermined communication format and which are fabricated by a plurality of venders including those different from the vender of said controlling apparatus, said controlling method comprising the steps of:

when a synchronized power-off key is operated by a user, firstly determining whether any one of said electronic devices which is currently selected by said controlling apparatus as an input conform to said predetermined condition to;
and
synchronously switching off each electronic device which is currently selected by said controlling apparatus as the input and which is judged in said first determining step not to conform to said predetermined condition.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System for synchronized power supply control over a plurality of electronic devices by determining whether any one of the electronic devices conforms to a predetermined condition and synchronously switching on or off each device that satisfies the predetermined condition

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System for synchronized power supply control over a plurality of electronic devices by determining whether any one of the electronic devices conforms to a predetermined condition and synchronously switching on or off each device that satisfies the predetermined condition

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Abstract

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