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DEVICE MANAGING APPARATUS AND DEVICE SEARCHING METHOD

  • US 20150242505A1
  • Filed: 04/30/2013
  • Published: 08/27/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/27/2012
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A device managing apparatus configured to communicate with a plurality of devices through a network, each of the plurality of devices being a device having a causal relation with a target area specified by a space or a spacetime, and the each of the plurality of devices including at least one of a sensor and an actuator, the sensor being a device configured to acquire a state of the target area different from a position of presence of the device, the actuator being a device configured to change a state of the target area different from a position of presence of the device, the device managing apparatus comprising:

  • a search request acquiring unit that acquires a device search request from a user;

    a query creating unit that extracts a search condition concerning the space or the spacetime from the acquired device search request as an area condition and creates a query for extracting a device having a target area matching the area condition from among the plurality of devices;

    a query transmitting unit that transmits the created query to the plurality of devices through a network in order to cause the devices to determine whether target areas of their own match the area condition; and

    a search result creating unit that creates a device search result for the device search request on the basis of a response sent from the device matching the area condition included in the query.

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