Method and apparatus for providing location information of device through home network
First Claim
1. A method of providing device information through a home network, the method comprising:
- generating, by a first device, relative location information indicating that the first device is present in a vicinity of a second device when a remote control signal for the second device is received by the first device;
providing, by the first device, the relative location information as location information of the first device through the home network to at least one other device belonging to the home network,receiving, at the first device, absolute location information from the second device; and
providing, by the first device, the absolute location information as location information of the first device through the home network to the at least one other device belonging to the home network,wherein the remote control signal is generated for a purpose of controlling the second device exclusively, andwherein the first device and the second device are located close enough to each other to receive the remote control signal together.
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Abstract
A method and an apparatus for providing information of a device to other devices through the home network are provided. The method includes: generating relative location information indicating that a first device is present in a vicinity of a second device if a remote control signal for the second device is received; and providing the relative location information as location information of the first device to at least one other device belonging to the home network. Accordingly, the user can acquire location information of devices belonging to the home network. Therefore, it is possible to easily identify the correspondence of devices visually recognized by the user to the device list obtained as a result of the search.
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1. A method of providing device information through a home network, the method comprising:
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generating, by a first device, relative location information indicating that the first device is present in a vicinity of a second device when a remote control signal for the second device is received by the first device; providing, by the first device, the relative location information as location information of the first device through the home network to at least one other device belonging to the home network, receiving, at the first device, absolute location information from the second device; and providing, by the first device, the absolute location information as location information of the first device through the home network to the at least one other device belonging to the home network, wherein the remote control signal is generated for a purpose of controlling the second device exclusively, and wherein the first device and the second device are located close enough to each other to receive the remote control signal together. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 13)
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6. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon a computer program for executing a method comprising:
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generating, by a first device, relative location information indicating that the first device is present in a vicinity of a second device when a remote control signal for the second device is received; providing, by the first device, the relative location information as location information of the first device through a home network to at least one other device belonging to the home network, receiving, at the first device, absolute location information from the second device; and providing, by the first device, the absolute location information as location information of the first device through the home network to the at least one other device belonging to the home network wherein the remote control signal is generated for a purpose of controlling the second device exclusively, and wherein the first device and the second device are located close enough to each other to receive the remote control signal together.
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7. A home network device comprising:
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a location information generating unit which generates relative location information indicating that a first device is present in a vicinity of a second device when a remote control signal for the second device is received by the first device through a home network comprising a plurality of devices; and a location information provider which provides the relative location information as location information of the first device through the home network to at least one other device belonging to the home network, receives absolute location information input by a user from the second device and provides the absolute location information as location information of the first device to the at least one other device belonging to the home network, wherein the remote control signal is generated for a purpose of controlling the second device exclusively, and wherein the first device and the second device are located close enough to each other to receive the remote control signal together. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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