Patent ID: 7949713

Claim:
An information providing apparatus for transmitting provided information which is to be presented at a provided-information presenting apparatus, the information providing apparatus comprising: destination information storage device including a processor that stores destination information indicative of one or more provided-information presenting apparatuses for each one of a plurality of information recipients; communication capability detecting section that detects whether or not communication with the provided-information presenting apparatuses can be performed; presentation functionality determining section that determines whether or not presentation of the provided information at the provided-information presenting apparatuses can be performed; destination determining section that selects a destination of the provided information among provided-information presenting apparatuses which have been detected by the communication capability detecting section to be available for communication, according to a predetermined priority, based on a determination result by the presentation functionality determining section; transmission device that transmits the provided information to the provided-information presenting apparatus selected by the destination determining section; and operation status detecting section that detects the operation status of the provided information presenting means, wherein: (a) the presentation functionality determining section determines whether or not presentation of the provided information can be performed based on the operation status; (b) the operation status detecting section detects whether or not a battery of each of the provided-information presenting apparatuses is being charged with electric power; and (c) the destination determining section selects, among provided-information presenting apparatuses based on whose battery is not being charged with electric power, a provided-information presenting apparatus having a high priority as the destination.