Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Management device, network apparatus, and management method
- Patent Title (中): 管理设备,网络设备和管理方法
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Application No.: US09811549Application Date: 2001-03-20
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Publication No.: US07209899B2Publication Date: 2007-04-24
- Inventor: Osamu Kawai , Hiroshi Oki , Akio Munakata , Shoichi Sano , Toshihisa Nakamura , Takeshi Okazaki
- Applicant: Osamu Kawai , Hiroshi Oki , Akio Munakata , Shoichi Sano , Toshihisa Nakamura , Takeshi Okazaki
- Applicant Address: JP Kawasaki
- Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
- Current Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Kawasaki
- Agency: Staas & Halsey LLP
- Priority: JP2000-333645 20001031
- Main IPC: G06Q99/00
- IPC: G06Q99/00

Abstract:
A terminal management device manages the sharing by at the least one business entity of costs related to distributed terminal devices. In a case that a new business entity, which uses the terminal devices and provides services after the terminal devices have been distributed, the terminal management device computes and totals the differences of shared costs of each business entity, which will change in accordance with the addition thereof. Thus, by managing the changes of a plurality of business entities bearing the costs related to terminal devices, changes in the shares of the costs thereof can be adjusted easily even in a case that business entities using the terminal devices thereof and providing services change after the terminal devices have been distributed to subscribers. Therefore, the present invention facilitates the participation of a new service business entity in the provision of services using terminal devices subsequent to the terminal devices being distributed.
Public/Granted literature
- US20020052848A1 Terminal management device, terminal device, and terminal management method Public/Granted day:2002-05-02
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