Association control apparatus, association control method and service association system
First Claim
1. An association control apparatus which controls an association of operations of a first appliance and a second appliance that are connected to each other via a network, the operations being categorized in advance, the apparatus comprising:
- a template specification unit operable to specify, based on an instruction received from a user, an association template in which an outline of the association of the operations is described;
an operation information search unit operable to search, based on description details in the specified association template, information relating to an operation of the first appliance and information relating to an operation of the second appliance;
an operation description unit operable to describe specific operation details in the specified association template using the searched information; and
an association execution unit operable to control the operation of the second appliance based on the association template in which the specific operation details are described.
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Abstract
In the service association system according to the present invention, an “association template” in which service association details are described is prepared in advance; an actual service adaptable to a template instructed by a user is extracted; a specific association operation description is generated by adapting the actual service instructed by the user to the template; and the service is operated in association. As the result, it becomes possible to construct a service association system in which different services can be automatically adapted to the template in addition to the service which simply adapted to the template.
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14 Claims
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1. An association control apparatus which controls an association of operations of a first appliance and a second appliance that are connected to each other via a network, the operations being categorized in advance, the apparatus comprising:
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a template specification unit operable to specify, based on an instruction received from a user, an association template in which an outline of the association of the operations is described;
an operation information search unit operable to search, based on description details in the specified association template, information relating to an operation of the first appliance and information relating to an operation of the second appliance;
an operation description unit operable to describe specific operation details in the specified association template using the searched information; and
an association execution unit operable to control the operation of the second appliance based on the association template in which the specific operation details are described. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A service association system including a first appliance, an association control apparatus and a second appliance that are connected to each other via at least one network,
wherein the first appliance includes an information supply unit operable to supply information necessary for the association control apparatus according to a request from the association control apparatus, the association control apparatus controls an association of operations of the first appliance and the second appliance, the operations being categorized in advance, a template specification unit operable to specify, based on an instruction from a user, an association template in which an outline of the association of the operations is described; -
an operation information search unit operable to search for information relating to an operation of the first appliance and information relating to an operation of the second appliance based on description details of the specified association template;
an operation description unit operable to describe specific operation details in the association template using the searched information; and
an association execution unit operable to control the operation of the second appliance based on the association template in which the specific operation details are described.
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13. An association control method for controlling an association of operations of a first appliance and a second appliance that are connected to each other via a network, the operations being categorized in advance, the method comprising:
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specifying, based on an instruction from a user, an association template in which an outline of the association of the operations is described;
searching for information relating to an operation of first appliance and information relating to an operation of the second appliance based on description details described in the specified association template;
describing specific operation details in the specified association template using the searched information; and
controlling the operation of the second appliance based on the association template in which the specific operation details are described.
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14. A program used for an association control apparatus which controls an association of operations of a first appliance and a second appliance that are connected to each other via a network, the program causing a computer to execute:
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specifying, based on an instruction from a user, an association template in which an outline of the association of the operations is described;
searching for information relating to an operation of the first appliance and information relating to an operation of the second appliance based on description details of the specified association template;
describing specific operation details in the specified association template using the searched information; and
controlling the operation of the second appliance based on the association template in which the specific operation details are described.
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