METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INTEGRATED DEVICE CONTROL CONSIDERING THE FUNCTIONS AND STATES OF DEVICES
First Claim
1. A method for integrated control of at least one device, the method comprising:
- receiving a user input which requests a predetermined action;
receiving device functionality and status information from the at least one device;
determining functionality needed by the at least one device to achieve the predetermined action based on the received device functionality and status information; and
planning at least one device action, which is to be executed to attain the determined functionality based on the received device functionality and status information.
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Abstract
Device integrated-control according to user'"'"'s needs. A device information providing method for a device integrated-control includes receiving device capability and status information from one or more devices, determining a device-based usage goal example capable of achieving the predetermined aim by using the received device capability and status information, and planning the at least one actions, which have to be executed to attain the device-based usage goal example, for the respective devices, providing information about at least one capability of a device necessary for attaining a usage goal example, which is capable of satisfying user'"'"'s needs, from the device to a device integrated-controller and providing information about statuses of at least one of the device and content for executing the at least one capabilities from the predetermined device to the device integrated-controller.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for integrated control of at least one device, the method comprising:
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receiving a user input which requests a predetermined action; receiving device functionality and status information from the at least one device; determining functionality needed by the at least one device to achieve the predetermined action based on the received device functionality and status information; and planning at least one device action, which is to be executed to attain the determined functionality based on the received device functionality and status information. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 32)
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15. A device information providing method for device integrated-control, the device information providing method comprising:
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providing by a device information about at least one function of the device necessary for attaining functionality needed to satisfying a predetermined action requested by user to a device integrated-controller; and providing by a predetermined device information about statuses of at least one of the device and content for executing the at least one function by the predetermined device to the device integrated-controller, wherein the device integrated-controller receives a user input which requests the predetermined action, receives device functionality and status information from the at least one devices, determines functionality needed by the device to achieve the predetermined action based on the received device functionality and status information, and plans at least one device action, which is to be executed to attain the determined functionality, based on the received device functionality and status information. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 33, 34)
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23. An apparatus for integrated control of at least one device, the apparatus comprising:
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a user input unit which receives a user input which requests a predetermined action; a device information receiving unit which receives device functionality and status information from the at least one device; a functionality determining unit which determines functionality needed by the at least one device to achieve the predetermined action based on the received device capability and status information; and an action planning unit which plans at least one device action, which has to be executed to attain the determined functionality, based on the received device capability and status information. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A device controlled by a device integrated-controller, the device comprising:
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a device functionality information providing unit which provides from the device to a device integrated-controller, information about at least one functionality of a device necessary for attaining functionality needed to satisfying a predetermined user action; and a device status information providing unit which provides from the predetermined device to the device integrated-controller information about statuses of at least one device and content for executing the at least one functionality, wherein the device integrated-controller receives a user input which requests a predetermined action, receives device functionality and status information from the at least one device, determines functionality needed by the at least one device to achieve the predetermined action based on the received device functionality and status information, and plans at least one device action, which is to be executed to attain the determined functionality based on the received device capability and status information. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31)
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