Patent ID: 11966931
Assignee: NEC CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. An information processing apparatus comprising:
a support stand;
a mobile information device that is detachably attachable to the support stand and having a salesclerk-facing display that is configured to display salesclerk-related information to a salesclerk; and
a customer-facing display that is fixably attached to the support stand, wherein
the mobile information device comprises at least one processor and at least one memory storing instructions executable by the at least one processor to:
determine that the mobile information device is detachably attached to the support stand;
in response to determining that the mobile information device is detachably attached to the support stand, causing the customer-facing display to display first customer-related information to a customer;
determine that the mobile information device has been detached from the support stand; and
in response to determining that the mobile information device has been detached from the support stand, causing the customer-facing display to switch information displayed to the customer on the customer-facing display from the first customer-related information to second customer-related information,

wherein the second customer-related information is information related to an advertisement advertising a product, a service, a brand, or a company, the advertisement targeting the customer of a store in which the support stand is installed,
and wherein the mobile information device alone, and not in cooperation with any other device, causes the customer-facing display to switch the information displayed to the customer.