Device control system
First Claim
1. A device control system for acquiring information from a storage location indicated by address information and controlling an output device that is to output said information, comprising:
- address information acquisition means for acquiring address information corresponding to information that can be outputted by said output device;
address information list administration means for storing one or a plurality of address information needed by a user as an address information list, and for updating said address information list based on address information acquired by said address information acquisition means;
address information display means for displaying the address information included on said address information list;
input acceptance means for allowing selection of address information to be outputted to said output device, said selection to be made from among the address information displayed by said address information display means; and
device control means for sending control signals to said output device based on the address information accepted by said input acceptance means.
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Abstract
The object of the present invention is to facilitate the input of address information for storage location of information using a remote control unit or other operating terminal, and to facilitate the control for outputting this information at an output terminal. By including address information acquisition means for acquiring address information for information that can be outputted at an output device; address information list administration means for managing one or more addresses as an address information list; address information display means for displaying address information contained on the address information list; input acceptance means for allowing selection of address information for information to be outputted by the output device from among the address information displayed by the address information display means; and device control means for sending control signals to the output device based on the address information received by input acceptance means.
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1. A device control system for acquiring information from a storage location indicated by address information and controlling an output device that is to output said information, comprising:
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address information acquisition means for acquiring address information corresponding to information that can be outputted by said output device;
address information list administration means for storing one or a plurality of address information needed by a user as an address information list, and for updating said address information list based on address information acquired by said address information acquisition means;
address information display means for displaying the address information included on said address information list;
input acceptance means for allowing selection of address information to be outputted to said output device, said selection to be made from among the address information displayed by said address information display means; and
device control means for sending control signals to said output device based on the address information accepted by said input acceptance means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An operating terminal for acquiring information from a storage location indicated by address information, and for sending control signals to the output device that is to output said information, comprising:
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address information list administration means for storing one or a plurality of address information required by a user as an address information list;
address information display means for displaying address information included on said address information list;
input acceptance means for allowing the selection of address information for information to be outputted at said output device, said selection to be made from among the address information displayed by said address information display means; and
device control means for sending control signals to said output device based on address information accepted by said input acceptance means. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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17. An information processing device able to acquire information from a storage location indicated by address information and to send data to and receive data from an operating terminal that sends control signals to an output device that is to output said information, comprising:
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address information acquisition means for acquiring address information corresponding to information that can be outputted by said output terminal, and address information list sending means for sending the address information needed by a user from among the address information acquired by said address information acquisition means in accordance with requests from said operating terminal. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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