EVENT NOTIFICATION DEVICE AND EVENT NOTIFICATION SYSTEM
First Claim
1. An event notification device comprising:
- a wireless communication unit which wirelessly transmits and receives predetermined information on an online service using a communication network over a period of maintaining communications with a plurality of external devices which can use the online service via the communication network;
an event occurrence information acquiring unit which acquires an event occurrence notice via the wireless communication unit from each of the external devices maintaining the communications, the event occurrence notice indicating the occurrence of a predetermined event of the online service being used by the external devices;
an enabled-notice information acquiring unit which acquires an enabled-notice information item on the event occurrence notice via the wireless communication unit, the event occurrence notice being transmittable from each of the external devices maintaining the communications;
a notice setting unit which requests one of the external devices to transmit the event occurrence notice and requests the other external devices not to transmit the event occurrence notice if the enabled-notice information items indicate that the external devices are capable of individually transmitting the same event occurrence notice; and
an event occurrence notification unit which notifies a user of the occurrence of the predetermined event by a predetermined operation on the basis of the event occurrence notice acquired by the event occurrence information acquiring unit from the external device requested by the notice setting unit to transmit the event occurrence notice.
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Abstract
An event notification device includes a wireless communication unit, an event occurrence information acquiring unit, an enabled-notice information acquiring unit, a notice setting unit, and an event occurrence notification unit. The wireless communication unit transmits and receives information on an online service from multiple external devices. The event occurrence information acquiring unit acquires an event occurrence notice via the wireless communication unit from the external devices. The enabled-notice information acquiring unit acquires enabled-notice information on the event occurrence notice via the wireless communication unit. The notice setting unit requests one external device to transmit the event occurrence notice and requests the other external devices not to transmit the event occurrence notice if the multiple external devices can individually transmit the same event occurrence notice. The event occurrence notification unit notifies a user of the event occurrence on the basis of the event occurrence notice.
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14 Claims
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1. An event notification device comprising:
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a wireless communication unit which wirelessly transmits and receives predetermined information on an online service using a communication network over a period of maintaining communications with a plurality of external devices which can use the online service via the communication network; an event occurrence information acquiring unit which acquires an event occurrence notice via the wireless communication unit from each of the external devices maintaining the communications, the event occurrence notice indicating the occurrence of a predetermined event of the online service being used by the external devices; an enabled-notice information acquiring unit which acquires an enabled-notice information item on the event occurrence notice via the wireless communication unit, the event occurrence notice being transmittable from each of the external devices maintaining the communications; a notice setting unit which requests one of the external devices to transmit the event occurrence notice and requests the other external devices not to transmit the event occurrence notice if the enabled-notice information items indicate that the external devices are capable of individually transmitting the same event occurrence notice; and an event occurrence notification unit which notifies a user of the occurrence of the predetermined event by a predetermined operation on the basis of the event occurrence notice acquired by the event occurrence information acquiring unit from the external device requested by the notice setting unit to transmit the event occurrence notice. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An event notification system comprising an event notification device including:
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a wireless communication unit which wirelessly transmits and receives predetermined information on an online service using a communication network over a period of maintaining communications with a plurality of external devices which can use the online service via the communication network; an event occurrence information acquiring unit which acquires an event occurrence notice via the wireless communication unit from each of the external devices maintaining the communications, the notice indicating the occurrence of a predetermined event of the online service being used by the external devices; an enabled-notice information acquiring unit which acquires an enabled-notice information item on the event occurrence notice via the wireless communication unit, the event occurrence notice being transmittable from each of the external devices maintaining the communications; a notice setting unit which requests one of the external devices to transmit the event occurrence notice and requests the other external devices not to transmit the event occurrence notice if the enabled-notice information items indicate that the external devices are capable of individually transmitting the same event occurrence notice; and an event occurrence notification unit which notifies a user of the occurrence of the predetermined event by a predetermined operation on the basis of the event occurrence notice acquired by the event occurrence information acquiring unit from the external device requested by the notice setting unit to transmit the event occurrence notice; and
the external devices, whereineach of the external devices includes; an event occurrence detection unit which detects and outputs a predetermined event occurred in the online service; an event occurrence notice unit which wirelessly transmits the event occurrence notice to the event notification device on the basis of the output from the event occurrence detection unit; an enabled-notice information transmission control unit which wirelessly transmits the enabled-notice information item to the event notification device maintaining the communications; and a notice control unit which controls the transmission of the event occurrence notice by the event occurrence notice unit on the basis of the allowance requested by the event notification device to transmit the event occurrence notice. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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