MOBILE COMMUNICATION DEVICE AND COMMUNICATION METHOD
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Abstract
A mobile communication device and a communication method that enable remote monitoring of those who use electrical home appliances by collecting data from the electrical home appliances are provided without complicating the system configuration. The mobile communication device (10) includes a public network communication unit (20) that wirelessly communicates with a public network (60), a local area communication unit (30) that communicates with a sensor device (50) located in a neighbor area, and an access management unit (40) that accepts access from the sensor device (50) through the local area communication unit (30) and transmits sensor device usage information to an external device connected to the public network (60) based on information transmitted from the sensor device (50), or accepts access from the external device through the public network communication unit (20) and controls operation of the sensor device (50) in accordance with remote control information from the external device.
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27 Claims
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14. A mobile communication device comprising:
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a public network communication unit that wirelessly communicates with a public network; a local area communication unit that communicates with a sensor device located in a neighbor area; and an access management unit that accepts access from the sensor device through the local area communication unit and transmitting sensor device usage information to an external device connected to the public network based on information transmitted from the sensor device, or accepting access from the external device through the public network communication unit and controlling operation of the sensor device in accordance with remote control information from the external device. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A communication method in a mobile communication device that communicates with an external device connected to a public network and a sensor device located in a neighbor area, comprising:
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accepting access from the sensor device and transmitting sensor device usage information to the external device connected to the public network based on information transmitted from the sensor device;
oraccepting access from the external device and controlling operation of the sensor device in accordance with remote control information from the external device. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A sensor network system including an external device connected to a public network, a mobile communication device that wirelessly communicates with the public network, and a sensor device located in a neighbor area of the mobile communication device, wherein
the sensor device accesses the mobile communication device for transmitting detected sensor data, the external device accesses the mobile communication device for transmitting remote control information to remotely control the sensor device, and the mobile communication device accepts access from the sensor device and transmits sensor device usage information to the external device connected to the public network based on the sensor data transmitted from the sensor device, or accepts access from the external device through the public network and controls operation of the sensor device in accordance with the remote control information from the external device.
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27. A mobile communication device comprising:
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public network communication means for wirelessly communicating with a public network; local area communication means for communicating with a sensor device located in a neighbor area; and access management means for accepting access from the sensor device through the local area communication means and transmitting sensor device usage information to an external device connected to the public network based on information transmitted from the sensor device, or accepting access from the external device through the public network communication means and controlling operation of the sensor device in accordance with remote control information from the external device.
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