Apparatus control system and apparatus control method
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1. An apparatus control system, comprising:
- a plurality of devices located on a network, each of said devices comprising a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server function; and
a controller which includes a browser function that transmits a remote manipulation instruction to said plurality of devices through said network,wherein a device of said plurality of devices comprises a remote manipulation instruction processing unit that executes a corresponding operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction from said controller and that redirects the remote manipulation instruction from said controller to an other device in said plurality of devices on said network,wherein said other device executes a corresponding operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction from said remote manipulation instruction processing unit,wherein, with respect to said controller, said device and said other device are connected to said network in parallel,wherein said device and said other device perform a same operation,wherein said controller transmits, as the remote manipulation instruction, an instruction for switching from one channel to another channel through a channel-up or a channel-down operation,wherein said device receives the channel-up or the channel-down operation from a browser and executes the channel-up or the channel-down operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction received from said controller,wherein said other device executes another corresponding channel-up or channel-down operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction that is redirected from said device, andwherein said controller transmits to said device a packet which contains a remote manipulation instruction storage section that stores the remote manipulation instruction, and a redirection list storage section that stores a redirection list and comprises a number of IP addresses and a list of the IP addresses.
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Abstract
An apparatus control system comprises a first and a second device located on a network, and a PC for transmitting a remote manipulation instruction to the first device. The first device executes a corresponding operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction from the PC, and redirects the remote manipulation instruction from the PC to the other device on the network. The second device executes a corresponding operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction redirected by the first device.
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1. An apparatus control system, comprising:
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a plurality of devices located on a network, each of said devices comprising a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server function; and a controller which includes a browser function that transmits a remote manipulation instruction to said plurality of devices through said network, wherein a device of said plurality of devices comprises a remote manipulation instruction processing unit that executes a corresponding operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction from said controller and that redirects the remote manipulation instruction from said controller to an other device in said plurality of devices on said network, wherein said other device executes a corresponding operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction from said remote manipulation instruction processing unit, wherein, with respect to said controller, said device and said other device are connected to said network in parallel, wherein said device and said other device perform a same operation, wherein said controller transmits, as the remote manipulation instruction, an instruction for switching from one channel to another channel through a channel-up or a channel-down operation, wherein said device receives the channel-up or the channel-down operation from a browser and executes the channel-up or the channel-down operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction received from said controller, wherein said other device executes another corresponding channel-up or channel-down operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction that is redirected from said device, and wherein said controller transmits to said device a packet which contains a remote manipulation instruction storage section that stores the remote manipulation instruction, and a redirection list storage section that stores a redirection list and comprises a number of IP addresses and a list of the IP addresses. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 13)
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9. An apparatus control method, comprising:
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transmitting a remote manipulation instruction from a controller, which includes a browser function, to one of a plurality of devices located on a network, each of said devices comprising a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server function; in said device; executing a corresponding operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction from said controller; and redirecting the remote manipulation instruction from said controller to an other device on said network; at said other device, executing a corresponding operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction redirected from said device, wherein, with respect to said controller, said device and said other device are connected to said network in parallel, wherein said device and said other device perform a same operation, wherein said controller transmits, as the remote manipulation instruction, an instruction for switching from one channel to another channel through a channel-up or a channel-down operation, wherein said device receives the channel-up or the channel-down operation from a browser, said device executing the channel-up or the channel-down operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction received from said controller, and wherein said other device executes another corresponding channel-up or channel-down operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction that is redirected from said device; and at said controller, transmitting to said device a packet which contains a remote manipulation instruction storage section for storing the remote manipulation instruction, and a redirection list storage section for storing the redirection list. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 14)
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15. An electronic device communicably connected to a controller, which includes a browser function, and another device through a network, said electronic device and said another device including a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server function, said electronic device comprising:
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a remote manipulation instruction execution unit that executes a corresponding operation in accordance with a remote manipulation instruction from said controller; a redirection list holding unit that holds a redirection list which is received from said controller and which includes an address of an other device on said network; a redirection list update unit that receives a redirection list received from said controller and updates the redirection list held in said redirection list holding unit based on the received redirection list; a remote manipulation instruction redirection determination processing unit that determines a device to which the remote manipulation instruction from said controller should be redirected with reference to the redirection list held in said redirection list holding unit; and a remote manipulation instruction transmission processing unit that redirects the remote manipulation instruction from said controller to the device determined by said remote manipulation instruction redirection determination processing unit, to which the remote manipulation instruction should be redirected, wherein, with respect to said controller, said electronic device and the device determined by said remote manipulation instruction redirection determination processing unit are connected to said network in parallel, wherein said electronic device and the device determined by said remote manipulation instruction redirection determination processing unit perform a same operation, wherein said controller transmits, as the remote manipulation instruction, an instruction for switching from one channel to another channel through a channel-up or a channel-down operation, wherein said electronic device receives the channel-up or the channel-down operation from a browser, said electronic device executing the channel-up or the channel-down operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction from said controller, wherein said another device executes another corresponding channel-up or channel-down operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction that is redirected from said electronic device, and wherein said controller transmits to said electronic device a packet which contains a remote manipulation instruction storage section that stores the remote manipulation instruction, and a redirection list storage section that stores a redirection list and comprises a number of IP addresses and a list of the IP addresses. - View Dependent Claims (16)
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17. An electronic device communicably connected to a controller, which includes a browser function, and another device through a network, said electronic device and said another device including a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server function, said electronic device comprising:
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a remote manipulation instruction execution processing unit that receives a packet, which includes a remote manipulation instruction storage section for storing a remote manipulation instruction and a redirection list storage section for storing a redirection list, from said controller, and that executes a corresponding operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction stored in the remote manipulation instruction storage section of the received packet; a remote manipulation instruction redirection determination processing unit that determines a device to which the remote manipulation instruction from said controller should be redirected with reference to the redirection list stored in the redirection list storage section of the received packet; and a remote manipulation instruction transmission processing unit that redirects the remote manipulation instruction stored in the remote manipulation instruction storage section of the received packet to the device determined by said remote manipulation instruction redirection determination processing unit, to which the remote manipulation instruction should be redirected, wherein, with respect to said controller, said electronic device and the device determined by said remote manipulation instruction redirection determination processing unit are connected to said network in parallel, wherein said electronic device and the device determined by said remote manipulation instruction redirection determination processing unit perform a same operation, wherein said controller transmits, as the remote manipulation instruction, an instruction for switching from one channel to another channel through a channel-up or a channel-down operation, wherein said electronic device receives the channel-up or the channel-down operation from a browser, said electronic device executing the channel-up or the channel-down operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction from said controller, wherein said another device executes another corresponding channel-up or channel-down operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction that is redirected from said electronic device, and wherein said controller transmits to said electronic device a packet which contains a remote manipulation instruction storage section that stores the remote manipulation instruction, and a redirection list storage section that stores a redirection list and comprises a number of IP addresses and a list of the IP addresses. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. An apparatus control method, comprising:
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transmitting, by a controller, which includes a browser function, a remote manipulation instruction to a device in a plurality of devices located on a network, each of said plurality of devices comprising a Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) server function; executing, by said device, a corresponding operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction from said controller, and redirecting, by said device, the remote manipulation instruction from said controller to an other device in said plurality of devices on said network; executing, by said other device a corresponding operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction redirected by said device, wherein, with respect to said controller, said device and said other device are connected to said network in parallel, wherein said device and said other device perform a same operation, wherein said controller transmits, as the remote manipulation instruction, an instruction for switching from one channel to another channel through a channel-up or a channel-down operation, wherein said device receives the channel-up or the channel-down operation from a browser, said device executing the channel-up or the channel-down operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction from said controller, and wherein said other device executes another corresponding channel-up or channel- down operation in accordance with the remote manipulation instruction that is redirected from said device; and at said controller, transmitting to said device a packet which contains a remote manipulation instruction storage section for storing the remote manipulation instruction, and a redirection list storage section for storing the redirection list. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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