DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM, SERVICE-PROVIDING METHOD FOR A DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND A PROGRAM FOR THE SAME
First Claim
1. A device control system that acquires information from an application and centrally controls a plurality of devices, comprising:
- a style sheet database that stores a plurality of style sheets describing information conversion rules for a markup document;
a communication interface that acquires output data from the application and a first document, which is a markup document containing information specifying a target device to which information is output and an output style sheet; and
a markup document conversion unit that converts the first document acquired from the communication interface to a second document, which is a markup document including device control information for the target device, based on the output style sheet.
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Abstract
A device control system does not require changing the application in conjunction with changes in process content or changes in the type or specifications of a device. A style sheet database 81 stores a plurality of style sheets describing information conversion rules for XML documents. A communication interface 84 acquires output data from an application 41, and acquires an XML document 1 containing information specifying the target device to which the output data is output and an output style sheet. Based on the output style sheet, an XML document converter 85 converts the XML document 1 acquired from the communication interface 84 to an XML document 2 including device control information for the target device. A device-specific XML document input/output unit 86 outputs the XML document 2 acquired from the XML document converter 85 to the device control service 73, 75 corresponding to the target device.
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8 Claims
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1. A device control system that acquires information from an application and centrally controls a plurality of devices, comprising:
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a style sheet database that stores a plurality of style sheets describing information conversion rules for a markup document; a communication interface that acquires output data from the application and a first document, which is a markup document containing information specifying a target device to which information is output and an output style sheet; and a markup document conversion unit that converts the first document acquired from the communication interface to a second document, which is a markup document including device control information for the target device, based on the output style sheet. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A service-providing method for a device control system that manages a style sheet database in which a plurality of style sheets describing markup document conversion rules are stored, acquires information from an application, and centrally controls a plurality of devices, the service-providing method comprising as steps that are executed by the device control system steps of:
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acquiring output data from the application and a first document, which is a markup document containing an output style sheet and information specifying a target device to which the output data is output; extracting the output style sheet from the style sheet database, and based on said output style sheet converting the first document to a second document, which is a markup document containing device control information for the target device; and outputting the second document to the target device. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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