Information management apparatus, information management system, and information management software

• US 20010016921A1
• Filed: 12/22/2000
• Published: 08/23/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Takata, Hidenori
• Granted Patent: US 7,000,144 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 714/15
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/263 Arrangements for using multiple switchable power supplies, e.g. battery and AC G06F1/30 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/109 by using specially-adapted hardware at the client
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/81 by operating on the power supply, e.g. enabling or disabling power-on, sleep or resume operations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2137 Time limited access, e.g. to a computer or data

Abstract

A user machine provided with a system of a software battery is connected to a host machine for providing a battery through a communications line, and a specific battery in a user machine is charged. The user machine includes a program for communications with the host machine and a software battery management system. The host machine includes a program having a function of listing available batteries, and transmitting a specified battery. With such a configuration, a user can select any battery from among the batteries in the host machine through communications, and charge for his or her own machine.

Claims

1. A storage medium for storing software and management software for managing said software, wherein

said management software comprises a step of restoring a management state of said software.

2. The storage medium according to

claim 1

, wherein

said storage medium comprises a step of storing a predetermined address for connection so that the restoration can be performed.

3. An information processing apparatus having storage means for storing management software for managing software, comprising:

means for restoring a management state of said software; and

means for connecting to a predetermined site through a network to restore the management state of said management software by said restoring means.

4. The information processing apparatus according to

claim 3

, further comprising

means for receiving information from a predetermined site and storing the information.

5. An information processing apparatus, comprising:

means for restoring a management state of management software for managing software; and

control means for displaying a predetermined site for connecting to the predetermined site through a network to restore the management state of said management software by said restoring means.

6. The information processing apparatus according to

claim 5

, further comprising

selection means for restoring the management state by said means for restoring the management state.

7. A host apparatus for communicating with an information processing apparatus having means for restoring a management state of management software for managing software, and means for connecting to a predetermined site to restore the management state of the management software by said restoring means, and restoring the management state of said management software, comprising

means for transmitting information for use in restoring the management state of said management software in response to a request from said information processing apparatus.

8. The host apparatus according to

claim 7

, further comprising

means for storing information for use in restoring a management state for plural pieces of management software.

9. The host apparatus according to

claim 7

, further comprising

means for storing different pieces of information for each piece of software to restore the management state for plural pieces of application software.

10. The host apparatus according to

claim 9

, further comprising

means for displaying contents of means for storing information for restoring the management state for plural pieces of application software.