Device, method, and system for managing device control

• US 10,319,219 B2
• Filed: 12/13/2017
• Issued: 06/11/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, NEC Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Mitsubishi Electric Corporation, NEC Corporation, Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: Hinode, Haruo, Amatsu, Takayuki, Masuda, Hiroshi, Endo, Naoki, Hirahara, Morio, Suetsugu, Takeshi, Masuda, Yoichi, Mochizuki, Shoji
• Primary Examiner(s): Wong, K.
• Application Number:
  US15/839,890
• Publication Number:
  US 20180174440A1
• Time in Patent Office: 545 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 17/02 using a radio link
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 19/00 Electric signal transmission systems G08C17/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/42 Transmitting or receiving remote control signals via a network
• CPC Class Codes: G08C 2201/50 Receiving or transmitting feedback, e.g. replies, status updates, acknowledgements, from the controlled devices

Abstract

A first device according to one embodiment includes, but is not limited to, receiver circuitry, determinator circuitry, and transmitter circuitry. The receiver circuitry is configured and/or programmed to receive from a second device, first information for controlling a third device. The determinator circuitry is configured and/or programmed to determine whether or not the first information is to be transmitted to the third device, based on whether or not the first information is associated with second information stored in the first device. The second information includes at least a first operation command for controlling a first operation of the third device. The transmitter circuitry is configured and/or programmed to, in a case that the first information is determined to be transmitted to the third device, transmit the first information to the third device.

Claims

1. A first device comprising:

receiver circuitry configured and/or programmed to receive from a second device via a first network, first information for controlling a third device, the first to the third devices being separated from one another;

determinator circuitry configured and/or programmed to determine whether or not the first information is to be transmitted to the third device, based on whether or not the first information is associated with second information stored in the first device, the second information including at least a first operation command for controlling a first operation of the third device; and

transmitter circuitry configured and/or programmed to, in a case that the first information is determined to be transmitted to the third device, transmit the first information to the third device via a second network.

2. The first device according to claim 1, wherein the determinator circuitry is configured and/or programmed to determine whether or not the first information is to be transmitted to the third device, based on the second information and third information, the third information indicating at least one result of previous determination by the determinator circuitry.

3. The first device according to claim 1, wherein

the first information is transmitted by an application installed in the second device, and

the determinator circuitry is configured and/or programmed to determine to transmit the first information to the third device, in a case that the control information is associated with the second information by an authenticator who authenticates the application.

4. The first device according to claim 3, wherein

the second information includes a plurality of operation commands provided by a provider of the application, and

the determinator circuitry is configured and/or programmed to determine to transmit the first information to the third device, in a case that the control information is associated with at least one of the plurality of operation commands by the authenticator.

5. The first device according to claim 4, wherein

the second information includes a second operation command selected by a user of the third device from the plurality of operation commands, and

the determinator circuitry is configured and/or programmed to determine to transmit the first information to the third device, in a case that the control information is associated with the second operation command.

6. A method for a first device, the method comprising:

receiving from a second device via a first network, first information for controlling a third device, the first to the third devices being separated from one another;

determining whether or not the first information is to be transmitted to the third device, based on whether or not the first information is associated with second information stored in the first device, the second information including at least a first operation command for controlling a first operation of the third device; and

in a case that the first information is determined to be transmitted to the third device, transmitting the first information to the third device via a second network.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein determining whether or not the first information is to be transmitted to the third device is performed based on the second information and third information, the third information indicating at least one result of previous determination.

8. The method according to claim 6, wherein

the first information is transmitted by an application installed in the second device, and

the method further comprises determining to transmit the first information to the third device, in a case that the control information is associated with the second information by an authenticator who authenticates the application.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein

the second information includes a plurality of operation commands provided by a provider of the application, and

the method further comprises determining to transmit the first information to the third device, in a case that the control information is associated with at least one of the plurality of operation commands by the authenticator.

10. The method according to claim 9, wherein

the second information includes a second operation command selected by a user of the third device from the plurality of operation commands, and

the method further comprises determining to transmit the first information to the third device, in a case that the control information is associated with the second operation command.

11. A system comprising:

a first device;

a second device to be controlled by the first device; and

a third device configured to communicate with the first device via a first network and to communicate with the second device via a second network, wherein

the first to the third devices are separated from one another,

the third device includes;

receiver circuitry configured and/or programmed to receive from the first device via the first network, first information for controlling the second device;

determinator circuitry configured and/or programmed to determine whether or not the first information is to be transmitted to the second device, based on whether or not the first information is associated with second information stored in the third device, the second information including at least a first operation command for controlling a first operation of the second device; and

transmitter circuitry configured and/or programmed to, in a case that the first information is determined to be transmitted to the second device, transmit the first information to the second device via the second network.

12. The system according to claim 11, wherein the determinator circuitry is configured and/or programmed to determine whether or not the first information is to be transmitted to the second device, based on the second information and third information, the third information indicating at least one result of previous determination by the determinator circuitry.

13. The system according to claim 11, wherein

the first information is transmitted by an application installed in the first device, and

the determinator circuitry is configured and/or programmed to determine to transmit the first information to the second device, in a case that the control information is associated with the second information by an authenticator who authenticates the application.

14. The system according to claim 13, wherein

the second information includes a plurality of operation commands provided by a provider of the application, and

the determinator circuitry is configured and/or programmed to determine to transmit the first information to the second device, in a case that the control information is associated with at least one of the plurality of operation commands by the authenticator.

15. The system according to claim 14, wherein

the second information includes a second operation command selected by a user of the second device from the plurality of operation commands, and

the determinator circuitry is configured and/or programmed to determine to transmit the first information to the second device, in a case that the control information is associated with the second operation command.