Remote Control Method of External Devices
First Claim
1. A method of remotely controlling a plurality of external devices, being performed on a computer which is set up with a plurality of remote control processes corresponding to the plurality of the external devices, and a management process for managing the remote control processes while communicating with the remote control processes, each remote control process being allocated with a parameter memory area for storing a configuration state of the corresponding external device, the method comprising:
- a synchronization instruction step of allowing the management process to send a synchronization instruction simultaneously to the respective remote control processes; and
a total recall synchronization step of allowing the respective remote control processes to perform a synchronization operation in parallel to each other based on the synchronization instruction so as to synchronize the configuration state stored in each parameter memory area allocated to each remote control process and an actual state of the corresponding external device.
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Abstract
A method of controlling a plurality of external devices is performed on a computer which is set up with a plurality of remote control processes corresponding to the plurality of the external devices, and a management process for managing the remote control processes while communicating with the remote control processes. The management process is called to display icons corresponding to the remote control processes in a display field provided by the management process. Further, the management process acts when a specified operation is applied to one of the icons on the display field for sending a screen open instruction to one of the remote control processes corresponding to the icon to which the specified operation is applied. The remote control process which receives the screen open instruction is activated to display a control screen for use in remotely controlling the corresponding external device.
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1. A method of remotely controlling a plurality of external devices, being performed on a computer which is set up with a plurality of remote control processes corresponding to the plurality of the external devices, and a management process for managing the remote control processes while communicating with the remote control processes, each remote control process being allocated with a parameter memory area for storing a configuration state of the corresponding external device, the method comprising:
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a synchronization instruction step of allowing the management process to send a synchronization instruction simultaneously to the respective remote control processes; and a total recall synchronization step of allowing the respective remote control processes to perform a synchronization operation in parallel to each other based on the synchronization instruction so as to synchronize the configuration state stored in each parameter memory area allocated to each remote control process and an actual state of the corresponding external device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An apparatus for remotely controlling a plurality of external devices, comprising:
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a plurality of remote control modules corresponding to the plurality of the external devices, each remote control module being allocated with a parameter memory area for storing a configuration state of the corresponding external device; and a management module for managing the remote control modules while communicating with the remote control modules, wherein the management module sends a synchronization instruction simultaneously to the respective remote control modules, and wherein the respective remote control modules perform a synchronization operation in parallel to each other based on the synchronization instruction so as to synchronize the configuration state stored in each parameter memory area allocated to each remote control module and an actual state of the corresponding external device.
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10. A program set for use in remotely controlling a plurality of external devices, the program set being installable in a computer to set up therein a plurality of remote control processes corresponding to the plurality of the external devices, and a management process for managing the remote control processes while communicating with the remote control processes, each remote control process being allocated with a parameter memory area for storing a configuration state of the corresponding external device, the program set being executable by the computer to perform a method comprising:
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a synchronization instruction step of allowing the management process to send a synchronization instruction simultaneously to the respective remote control processes; and a total recall synchronization step of allowing the respective remote control processes to perform a synchronization operation in parallel to each other based on the synchronization instruction so as to synchronize the configuration state stored in each parameter memory area allocated to each remote control process and an actual state of the corresponding external device.
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