Terminal control system, method for controlling terminal, and electronic device

• US 10,305,993 B2
• Filed: 03/21/2014
• Issued: 05/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Casio Computer Company Limited
• Inventors: Imamura, Keiichi
• Primary Examiner(s): Meky, Moustafa M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mendaye, Kidest
• Application Number:
  US14/221,986
• Publication Number:
  US 20140289356A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,894 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/167 Audio in a user interface, e.g. using voice commands for navigating, audio feedback
• CPC Class Codes: G10L 15/30 Distributed recognition, e.g. in client-server systems, for mobile phones or network applications
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/125 involving control of end-device applications over a network
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

There is provided a terminal control system including: a first terminal; a second terminal connected to the first terminal by short-distance wireless communication; and a server on a network connected to the second terminal via a communication link, in which the server includes: a storage unit which stores predetermined information to be detected by the first terminal and a sequence of processing commands to be executed by the second terminal in a manner such that the information and the processing commands are related to each other; and a terminal control unit sends the sequence of processing commands to the second terminal with reference to the storage unit so as to allow the second terminal to execute the processing commands in response to receiving the predetermined information from the first terminal via the second terminal.

Claims

1. A terminal control system, comprising:

a first terminal;

a second terminal connected to the first terminal by short-distance wireless communication; and

a server on a network connected to the second terminal via a communication link,

wherein the server includes a processor configured to;

store a plurality of sets of processing command sequences to be executed by the second terminal, wherein each processing command sequence is associated with user'"'"'s action information and respective terminal identification information; and

in response to receiving user'"'"'s action information and terminal identification information of the first terminal from the second terminal, sending, to the second terminal, a specified processing command sequence of a predetermined set that is to be executed by the second terminal and that is associated with the user'"'"'s action information and the terminal identification information of the first terminal, from among the plurality of sets of processing command sequences, and

wherein the second terminal executes the specified processing command sequence sent thereto.

2. The terminal control system according to claim 1, wherein the processor is further configured to:

store the plurality of sets of processing command sequences to be executed by the second terminal such that each processing command sequence is associated with respective predetermined information to be detected by the first terminal, the predetermined information including the user'"'"'s action information, and such that each of the plurality of sets is associated with respective terminal identification information to be provided by the second terminal; and

in response to receiving, from the second terminal, (i) predetermined information detected by the first terminal and (ii) terminal identification information provided by the second terminal, sending, to the second terminal, a specified processing command sequence of a predetermined set that is to be executed by the second terminal and that is associated with (i) the predetermined information and (ii) the terminal identification information, from among the plurality of sets of processing command sequences, and

wherein the second terminal executes the specified processing command sequence sent thereto.

3. The terminal control system according to claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to:

select the predetermined set from among the plurality of sets of processing command sequences that is associated with the user'"'"'s action information and the terminal identification information; and

after selecting the predetermined set, sending, to the second terminal, the specified processing command sequence in accordance with the predetermined set which has been selected, and

wherein the second terminal executes the specified processing command sequence sent thereto.

4. The terminal control system according to claim 2, wherein:

the first terminal has a voice input function which is capable of receiving a predetermined voice to be inputted by a user, the predetermined information further including the predetermined voice, and

the processor receives, via the second terminal, the predetermined voice inputted into the first terminal with the voice input function, and then sends the specified processing command sequence to the second terminal based on the predetermined voice inputted into the first terminal with the voice input function, and

wherein the second terminal executes the specified processing command sequence sent thereto.

5. The terminal control system according to claim 2, wherein:

the first terminal has a motion detecting function which is capable of detecting a predetermined action of a user as the user'"'"'s action information, and

the processor receives, via the second terminal, the predetermined action detected by the first terminal with the motion detecting function, and then sends the specified processing command sequence to the second terminal based on the predetermined action detected by the first terminal with the motion detecting function, and

wherein the second terminal executes the specified processing command sequence sent thereto.

6. The terminal control system according to claim 5, wherein:

the first terminal has a position detecting function which is capable of detecting a current position of the user as the predetermined action, and

the processor receives, via the second terminal, the current position of the user detected by the first terminal with the position detecting function as the predetermined action, and then sends the specified processing command sequence to the second terminal based on the current position of the user detected by the first terminal with the position detecting function as the predetermined action, and

wherein the second terminal executes the specified processing command sequence sent thereto.

7. The terminal control system according to claim 2, wherein the second terminal associates the predetermined information with the terminal identification information when the first terminal detects the predetermined information.

8. The terminal control system according to claim 2, wherein the processor is further configured to judge whether the predetermined information detected by the first terminal is registered or not, and

wherein the processor sends, to the second terminal, the specified processing command sequence of the predetermined set based on the detected predetermined information when it is judged that the predetermined information is registered.

9. The terminal control system according to claim 2, wherein the processor sends, to the second terminal, the specified processing command sequence of the predetermined set based on the detected predetermined information related to the predetermined set when the processor receives the predetermined information and the terminal identification information from the first terminal via the second terminal.

10. The terminal control system according to claim 1, wherein the first terminal has a shape such that a user can wear the first terminal.

11. A method performed by a system including a first terminal, a second terminal connected to the first terminal by short-distance wireless communication, and a server connected to the second terminal via a communication link, the server controlling the second terminal, and the method comprising:

storing, into a memory of the server, a plurality of sets of processing command sequences to be executed by the second terminal, wherein each processing command sequence is associated with user'"'"'s action information and respective terminal identification information;

in response to the server receiving user'"'"'s action information and terminal identification information of the first terminal from the second terminal, sending, from the server to the second terminal, a specified processing command sequence of a predetermined set that is to be executed by the second terminal and that is associated with the user'"'"'s action information and the terminal identification information of the first terminal, from among the plurality of sets of processing command sequences; and

executing, by the second terminal, the specified processing command sequence sent thereto.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein the storing stores the plurality of sets of processing command sequences to be executed by the second terminal such that each processing command sequence is associated with respective predetermined information to be detected by the first terminal, the predetermined information including the user'"'"'s action information, and such that each of the plurality of sets is associated with respective terminal identification information to be provided by the second terminal;

and

wherein the method further comprises, in response to receiving, from the second terminal, (i) predetermined information detected by the first terminal and (ii) terminal identification information provided by the second terminal;

sending, from the server to the second terminal, a specified processing command sequence of a predetermined set that is to be executed by the second terminal and that is associated with (i) the predetermined information and (ii) the terminal identification information, from among the plurality of sets of processing command sequences, and

executing, by the second terminal, the specified processing command sequence sent thereto.

13. The method according to claim 11, wherein:

the first terminal has a voice input function which is capable of receiving a predetermined voice to be inputted by a user, the predetermined information further including the predetermined voice, and

the method further comprises;

receiving, via the second terminal, the predetermined voice inputted into the first terminal with the voice input function, and then sending the specified processing command sequence to the second terminal based on the predetermined voice inputted into the first terminal with the voice input function; and

executing, by the second terminal, the specified processing command sequence sent thereto.