INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION-PROCESSING DEVICE, CONTROL TARGET DEVICE, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING CONTROL TARGET DEVICE, SERVER, METHOD FOR CONTROLLING SERVER, PAIRING SYSTEM, CONTROL PROGRAM, AND STORAGE MEDIUM
First Claim
1. An information-processing device which communicates with a control target device via a network so as to control the control target device, said information-processing device comprising:
- obtaining means for obtaining specification information for specifying a control target device which (i) have authenticated, as a first communication connection, a communication connection which allows the control target device to be controlled by using a communication via a first network and therefore (ii) is ready to authenticate, as a second communication connection, a communication connection which allows the control target device to be controlled by using a communication via a second network that is different from the first network; and
first transmitting means for transmitting a connection request to a control target device, which has been selected by a user based on specification information obtained by the obtaining means, so as to establish the second communication connection with the control target device.
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Abstract
A smart phone includes (i) a list obtaining section for obtaining a connectable device list for specifying a self-propelled cleaner which (a) have authenticated, as an indoor pairing, a communication connection which allows the self-propelled cleaner to be controlled by using a communication via a LAN and therefore (b) can authenticate, as an outdoor pairing, a communication connection which allows the self-propelled cleaner to be controlled by using a communication via a WAN and (ii) a transmitting section which transmits a connection request to a control target device, which has been selected by a user from the connectable device list, so as to establish the outdoor pairing with the self-propelled cleaner.
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18 Claims
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1. An information-processing device which communicates with a control target device via a network so as to control the control target device, said information-processing device comprising:
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obtaining means for obtaining specification information for specifying a control target device which (i) have authenticated, as a first communication connection, a communication connection which allows the control target device to be controlled by using a communication via a first network and therefore (ii) is ready to authenticate, as a second communication connection, a communication connection which allows the control target device to be controlled by using a communication via a second network that is different from the first network; and first transmitting means for transmitting a connection request to a control target device, which has been selected by a user based on specification information obtained by the obtaining means, so as to establish the second communication connection with the control target device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 8, 13, 15)
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5. A control target device which communicates with an information-processing device via a network so as to be controlled by the information-processing device, said control target device comprising:
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second judging means for judging, when a response is requested from the information-processing device which communicates with said control target device via a first network, whether or not the information-processing device establishes a communication connection which (i) allows said control target device to be controlled by using a communication via the first network and (ii) has been authenticated as a first communication connection; second transmitting means for transmitting device information for identifying said control target device to the information-processing device in a case where the second judging means has determined that the information-processing device establishes the communication connection which has been authenticated; and third transmitting means for transmitting, to a server, authentication information which indicates that a second communication connection has been authenticated, the third transmitting means transmitting the authentication information in a case where a connection request for the second communication connection, which allows said control target device to be controlled by using a communication via a second network that is different from the first network, is received from the information-processing device as a response to the device information which has been transmitted from the second transmitting means. - View Dependent Claims (6, 14, 16, 17)
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7. A server comprising:
storing means for causing a storage section to store connection information, which indicates that a second communication connection has been established between an information-processing device and a control target device, in a case where said server has received, from the control target device, authentication information which indicates that the second communication connection, which allows the control target device to be controlled by the information-processing device by using a communication via a second network, has been authenticated by the control target device. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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9. A method for controlling an information-processing device which communicates with a control target device via a network so as to control the control target device, said method comprising the steps of:
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obtaining specification information for specifying a control target device which (i) has authenticated, as a first communication connection, a communication connection which allows the control target device to be controlled by using a communication via a first network and therefore (ii) is ready to authenticate, as a second communication connection, a communication connection which allows the control target device to be controlled by using a communication via a second network that is different from the first network; and transmitting a connection request to a control target device, which has been selected by a user based on specification information obtained in the obtaining step, so as to establish the second communication connection with the control target device. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A method for controlling a control target device which communicates with an information-processing device via a network so as to be controlled by the information-processing device, said method comprising the steps of:
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judging, when a response is requested from the information-processing device which communicates with the control target device via a first network, whether or not the information-processing device establishes a communication connection which (i) allows the control target device to be controlled by using a communication via the first network and (ii) has been authenticated as a first communication connection; transmitting device information for identifying the control target device to the information-processing device in a case where the information-processing device has been determined in the judging step to establish the communication connection which has been authenticated; and transmitting, to a server, authentication information which indicates that a second communication connection has been authenticated, the authentication information being transmitted in a case where a connection request for the second communication connection, which allows the control target device to be controlled by using a communication via a second network that is different from the first network, is received from the information-processing device as a response to the device information which has been transmitted in the step of transmitting device information.
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12. A method for controlling a server, said method comprising the step of:
causing a storage section to store connection information, which indicates that a second communication connection has been established between an information-processing device and a control target device, in a case where authentication information has been received from the control target device, the authentication information indicating that the second communication connection, which allows the control target device to be controlled by the information-processing device by using a communication via a second network, has been authenticated by the control target device.
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