Information processing system, server device, access device, and information processing method

• US 20070005656A1
• Filed: 08/24/2006
• Published: 01/04/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hajime Maekawa, Hideaki Takechi, Koji Hirose, Koji Iwamoto, Takumi Ikeda
• Original Assignee: Hajime Maekawa, Hideaki Takechi, Koji Hirose, Koji Iwamoto, Takumi Ikeda
• Inventors: Maekawa, Hajime, Takechi, Hideaki, Hirose, Koji, Iwamoto, Koji, Ikeda, Takumi
• Application Number:
  US11/509,341
• Publication Number:
  US 20070005656A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 13/387 for adaptation of different data processing systems to different peripheral devices, e.g. protocol converters for incompatible systems, open system
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/34 involving the use of external additional devices, e.g. dongles or smart cards
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/35 communicating wirelessly
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/6209 to a single file or object, e.g. in a secure envelope, encrypted and accessed using a key, or with access control rules appended to the object itself
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2221/2115 Third party
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0853 using an additional device, e.g. smartcard, SIM or a different communication terminal cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for entity authentication involving additional secure or trusted devices H04L9/3234
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/25808 Management of client data terminal profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/303
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4147 PVR [Personal Video Recorder] H04N5/76 takes precedence ; arrangements for broadcast with accumulation-type receivers H04H20/40
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4227 Providing Remote input by a user located remotely from the client device, e.g. at work
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47214 for content reservation or setting reminders; for requesting event notification, e.g. of sport results or stock market stock exchange data over packet-switching network H04L12/1804; push services over packet-switching network H04L12/1859; notification of incoming messages in packet switching networks H04L51/224
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/782 on tape
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests

Abstract

An information processing system in which access device transmits a transmission command to server device; receives electronic device access information from server device; instructs electronic device to transmit operation screen information which is the information to configure a screen for operating electronic device or another electronic device; receives the operation screen information from electronic device; and transmits device operation information to electronic device.

Claims

1. A server device to configure an information processing system including an electronic device, the server device, and an access device which accesses the electronic device, comprising:

an access information management part which has one or more pieces of information having an access device identifier that is information to identify the access device, and electronic device address information including an address and a port number to access the electronic device.

a transmission command reception part which receives a transmission command having the access device identifier from the access device; and

an electronic device access information transmission part for transmitting electronic device access information, which has the electronic device address information specifying the access device identifier contained in the transmission command that the transmission command reception part has received, to the access device.

2. An access device to configure an information processing system including an electronic device, a server device, and an access device which accesses the electronic device, comprising:

an access device identifier storage part which stores the access device identifier that is the information to identify the access device;

a server device identifier storage part which stores a server device identifier that is information to identify the server device;

a transmission command transmission part which transmits the transmission command to the server device identified by the server device identifier that the server device identifier storage part stores, the transmission command having the access device identifier and directing transmission of the electronic device access information which is information to access the electronic device; and

an electronic device access information reception part which receives the electronic device access information that the server device has transmitted in response to transmission of the transmission command,

wherein the electronic device is accessed by an address and a port number for accessing the electronic device which are contained in the electronic device access information that the electronic device access information reception part has received.

3. An information processing method to be used in a server device which configures an information processing system including an electronic device, the server device, and an access device which accesses the electronic device, the method comprising:

a transmission command reception step of receiving a transmission command having an access device identifier that is information to identify the access device from the access device;

an obtaining step of obtaining electronic device address information specifying the access device identifier contained in the transmission command that has been received at the transmission command reception step, from one or more pieces of stored information having an access device identifier that is information to identify the access device, and electronic device address information including an address and a port number for accessing the electronic device; and

an electronic device access information transmission step of transmitting the electronic device access information having electronic device address information that has been obtained at the obtaining step, to the access device.

4. An information processing method to be used in an access device which configures an information processing system including an electronic device, a server device, and the access device which accesses the electronic device, the method comprising:

a transmission command transmission step of transmitting a transmission command to the server device identified by a server device identifier that has been stored in advance, the transmission command having an access device identifier and directing transmission of electronic device access information including an address and a port number to access the electronic device; and

an electronic device access information reception step of receiving the electronic device access information; and

an access step of accessing the electronic device on the basis of the received electronic device access information.