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REMOTE CONTROL METHOD AND REMOTE CONTROL SYSTEM

  • US 20160156766A1
  • Filed: 11/10/2015
  • Published: 06/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2014
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A remote control method that remote controls a target device connected to a network in a system by using a mobile terminal, comprising:

  • acquiring, from the target device, status information indicating a use state of the target device;

    deciding to transmit recommendation information prompting a user to switch the target device in the use state from a first use state to a second use state to a first mobile terminal to be used by a first user who is granted a remote control right to the target device from among a plurality of users, based on the status information, and a database storing association information indicating an association between the users and mobile terminals respectively used by the users, and right information that indicates for each of the users whether the user is granted the remote control right to the target device;

    transmitting the recommendation information to the first mobile terminal;

    determining whether the target device is switched in the use state from the first use state after the recommendation information is transmitted to the first mobile terminal;

    updating the database such that the remote control right to a second user who has not been granted the remote control right from among the users is granted if the first use state is determined to remain unchanged for a predetermined period of time from the transmission of the recommendation information to the first mobile terminal;

    deciding to transmit the recommendation information to a second mobile terminal used by the second user in accordance with the updated database; and

    transmitting the recommendation information to the second mobile terminal.

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