Display device
First Claim
1. A display device network-connected to a plurality of controlled devices, comprising:
- an information acquiring unit acquiring operation-related information from the plurality of controlled devices, the operation-related information containing operation information for at least one operation function and uniform resource location (URL) information corresponding to the operation information;
an information classifying unit classifying the URL information into a plurality of function groups based on the operation information, the plurality of function groups including a first function group related to viewing functions of at least one of the plurality of controlled devices and a second function group related to operation setting functions of at least one of the plurality of controlled devices;
wherein the viewing function of the at least one controlled device enables a user to view an image generated by the controlled device, and wherein the operation setting function of the at least one controlled device enables the user to change a setting of the controlled device;
a menu generating unit generating a menu page for each of the function groups, wherein one of the function groups of the plurality of controlled devices is selected prior to selection of the controlled device;
a display unit displaying each menu page; and
a page operation unit accessing the corresponding URL information by operating the respective menu page.
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Abstract
The display device allows easily operating plural controlled devices connected to a network. The display device includes a communication unit communicating with controlled devices X1 through Xn connected to a network; an information acquiring unit acquiring operation-related information from controlled devices X1 through Xn through the communication unit; an information classifying unit classifying URL information into plural function groups based on operation information contained in operation-related information; a menu generating unit generating a menu page for each of the function groups; a display unit displaying the menu page generated by the menu generating unit; and a page operation unit operating the menu page.
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6 Claims
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1. A display device network-connected to a plurality of controlled devices, comprising:
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an information acquiring unit acquiring operation-related information from the plurality of controlled devices, the operation-related information containing operation information for at least one operation function and uniform resource location (URL) information corresponding to the operation information; an information classifying unit classifying the URL information into a plurality of function groups based on the operation information, the plurality of function groups including a first function group related to viewing functions of at least one of the plurality of controlled devices and a second function group related to operation setting functions of at least one of the plurality of controlled devices; wherein the viewing function of the at least one controlled device enables a user to view an image generated by the controlled device, and wherein the operation setting function of the at least one controlled device enables the user to change a setting of the controlled device; a menu generating unit generating a menu page for each of the function groups, wherein one of the function groups of the plurality of controlled devices is selected prior to selection of the controlled device; a display unit displaying each menu page; and a page operation unit accessing the corresponding URL information by operating the respective menu page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A display method for a display device connected to a plurality of controlled devices via a network, the display method comprising:
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acquiring operation-related information from the plurality of controlled devices, the operation-related information containing operation information for at least one operation function and uniform resource location (URL) information corresponding to the operation information; classifying the URL information into a plurality of function groups based on the operation information, the plurality of function groups including a first function group related to viewing functions of at least one of the plurality of controlled devices and a second function group related to operation setting functions of at least one of the plurality of controlled devices; wherein the viewing function of the at least one controlled device enables a user to view an image generated by the controlled device, and wherein the operation setting function of the at least one controlled device enables the user to change a setting of the controlled device; generating a menu page for each of the function groups, wherein one of the function groups of the plurality of controlled devices is selected prior to selection of the controlled device; displaying each menu page; and accessing the corresponding URL information by operating the respective menu page.
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