DEVICE CONTROL METHOD, DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM
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Abstract
Device control method including: operation receiving step of receiving a device control operation for controlling a device; determining step of determining whether an operation terminal is in a first state or a second state; limiting step of, when determined in the determining step that the operation terminal is in the second state, limiting a range of controls of the device made available to the operation terminal when in the second state so as to correspond to part of a range of controls of the device made available to the operation terminal when in the first state; and device controlling step of controlling the device based on the device control operation. When determined in the determining step that the operation terminal is in the second state, the device is controlled within the range of controls of the device made available to the operation terminal when in the second state.
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17 Claims
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1-11. -11. (canceled)
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12. A device control method in a device control system for controlling one or more devices by using one or more operation terminals, wherein
the device control system includes a user information storage unit that stores user information, the user information capable of including an associated set of a terminal identifier and a device identifier, the device identifier in the associated set identifying a device module attached to a device controllable by using an operation terminal having attached thereto a terminal module identified by the terminal identifier, the device control method comprising: -
an operation receiving step of receiving a device control operation for controlling a given device, the device control operation performed by using a given operation terminal; a determining step of determining whether the given operation terminal is in a first state or a second state, the given operation terminal having higher authority of control when in the first state compared to when in the second state; a limiting step of, when determined in the determining step that the given operation terminal is in the second state, limiting a range of controls of the given device made available to the given operation terminal when in the second state so as to correspond to part of a range of controls of the given device made available to the given operation terminal when in the first state; a device controlling step of controlling the given device based on the device control operation; and an updating step of, when a new device module is to be issued, generating a device identifier identifying the new device module, and updating the user information by adding the device identifier identifying the new device module to the user information, wherein in the determining step, the given operation terminal is determined as being in the first state when the given operation terminal has attached thereto a terminal module storing a terminal identifier identifying the terminal module, and as being in the second state when the given operation terminal does not have attached thereto a terminal module storing a terminal identifier identifying the terminal module, in the device controlling step, the given device is controlled when the given device has attached thereto a device module storing a device identifier identifying the device module, and when determined in the determining step that the given operation terminal is in the second state, the control of the given device is performed within the range of controls of the given device made available to the given operation terminal when in the second state, and in the updating step, the user information is updated so that the device identifier identifying the new device module is associated, in the user information, with a terminal identifier identifying a terminal module attached to an operation terminal possessed by a user who makes a request for issuance of the new device module. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A device control method in a device control system for controlling one or more devices by using one or more operation terminals, the device control system comprising:
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a user information storage unit that stores user information, the user information capable of including an associated set of a terminal identifier and a device identifier, the device identifier in the associated set identifying a device module attached to a device controllable by using an operation terminal having attached thereto a terminal module identified by the terminal identifier; an operation receiving unit that receives a device control operation for controlling a given device, the device control operation performed by using a given operation terminal; a determining unit that determines whether the given operation terminal is in a first state or a second state, the given operation terminal having higher authority of control when in the first state compared to when in the second state; a limiting unit that, when determined by the determining unit that the given operation terminal is in the second state, limits a range of controls of the given device made available to the given operation terminal when in the second state so as to correspond to part of a range of controls of the given device made available to the given operation terminal when in the first state; a device controlling unit that controls the given device based on the device control operation; and an updating unit that, when a new device module is to be issued, generates a device identifier identifying the new device module, and updates the user information by adding the device identifier identifying the new device module to the user information, wherein the determining unit determines that the given operation terminal is in the first state when the given operation terminal has attached thereto a terminal module storing a terminal identifier identifying the terminal module, and that the given operation terminal is in the second state when the given operation terminal does not have attached thereto a terminal module storing a terminal identifier identifying the terminal module, the device controlling unit controls the given device when the given device has attached thereto a device module storing a device identifier identifying the device module, and when determined by the determining unit that the given operation terminal is in the second state, the device controlling unit controls the given device within the range of controls of the given device made available to the given operation terminal when in the second state, and the updating unit updates the user information so that the device identifier identifying the new device module is associated, in the user information, with a terminal identifier identifying a terminal module attached to an operation terminal possessed by a user who makes a request for issuance of the new device module.
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Specification