Patent ID: 7831714

Claim:
A display apparatus management system, comprising: at least one display apparatus including: a display part to display an image, a memory to allow data to be stored and/or removed, and a display controller to control a display state of the image displayed on the display part; at least one client connected with the at least one display apparatus to output an image signal generated at the at least one client to the at least one display apparatus, the at least one client including a client controller to control the display controller, which controls the display state of the image displayed on the display part; and a host communicating with the at least one client including: an input part to allow input of a display identification, a database in which is registered the display identification of the at least one display apparatus which was inputted via the input part, and a client identification provided to the at least one client corresponding to the display identification of the at least one display apparatus connected with the at least one client, and a host controller to transmit the display identification to the at least one display apparatus via the at least one client to enable the display controller to store the display identification to the memory, wherein the at least one client requests a transmission of the display identification to the at least one display apparatus from the host when the at least one client is powered and receives the stored display identification from the at least one display apparatus when the at least one client is connected to the at least one display apparatus, and transmits the display identification to the host when the display identification is received from the at least one display apparatus, and wherein the host controller transmits a display locking signal to the at least one client to enable the at least one client to implement a lock function when the display identification of the at least one display apparatus received from the at least one client is not identical to the display identification corresponding to the client identification registered in the database, wherein the display identification transmitted from the at least one display apparatus to the at least one client is stored in the memory of the at least one display apparatus prior to transmission, and wherein the host controller transmits a control signal to the client controller to enable the client controller to control the display controller.