# US 10,319,219 B2 · Device, method, and system for managing device control > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,319,219 B2 - Document ID: US10319219B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/839,890 - Filed: 2017-12-13 - Published: 2018-06-21 - Granted: 2019-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2016-12-15 - Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha; Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; NEC Corporation; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha; Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba; NEC Corporation; Mitsubishi Electric Corporation - Inventors: Haruo Hinode; Takayuki Amatsu; Hiroshi Masuda; Naoki Endo; Morio Hirahara; Takeshi Suetsugu; Yoichi Masuda; Shoji Mochizuki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10319219B2 ## CPC - G08C 19/00: Electric signal transmission systems (G08C17/00 takes precedence) - G08C 17/02: using a radio link - G08C 2201/42: Transmitting or receiving remote control signals via a network - G08C 2201/50: Receiving or transmitting feedback, e.g. replies, status updates, acknowledgements, from the controlled devices - G08C: TRANSMISSION SYSTEMS FOR MEASURED VALUES, CONTROL OR SIMILAR SIGNALS (fluid pressure transmitting systems F15B; mechanical means for transferring the output of a sensing member into a different variable G01D5/00; mechanical control systems G05G) ## Abstract A first device according to one embodiment includes, but is not limited to, receiver circuitry, determinator circuitry, and transmitter circuitry. The receiver circuitry is configured and/or programmed to receive from a second device, first information for controlling a third device. The determinator circuitry is configured and/or programmed to determine whether or not the first information is to be transmitted to the third device, based on whether or not the first information is associated with second information stored in the first device. The second information includes at least a first operation command for controlling a first operation of the third device. The transmitter circuitry is configured and/or programmed to, in a case that the first information is determined to be transmitted to the third device, transmit the first information to the third device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A first device comprising: receiver circuitry configured and/or programmed to receive from a second device via a first network, first information for controlling a third device, the first to the third devices being separated from one another; determinator circuitry configured and/or programmed to determine whether or not the first information is to be transmitted to the third device, based on whether or not the first information is associated with second information stored in the first device, the second information including at least a first operation command for controlling a first operation of the third device; and transmitter circuitry configured and/or programmed to, in a case that the first information is determined to be transmitted to the third device, transmit the first information to the third device via a second network. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The first device according to claim 1, wherein the determinator circuitry is configured and/or programmed to determine whether or not the first information is to be transmitted to the third device, based on the second information and third information, the third information indicating at least one result of previous determination by the determinator circuitry. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The first device according to claim 1, wherein the first information is transmitted by an application installed in the second device, and the determinator circuitry is configured and/or programmed to determine to transmit the first information to the third device, in a case that the control information is associated with the second information by an authenticator who authenticates the application. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The first device according to claim 3, wherein the second information includes a plurality of operation commands provided by a provider of the application, and the determinator circuitry is configured and/or programmed to determine to transmit the first information to the third device, in a case that the control information is associated with at least one of the plurality of operation commands by the authenticator. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The first device according to claim 4, wherein the second information includes a second operation command selected by a user of the third device from the plurality of operation commands, and the determinator circuitry is configured and/or programmed to determine to transmit the first information to the third device, in a case that the control information is associated with the second operation command. ### Claim 6 A method for a first device, the method comprising: receiving from a second device via a first network, first information for controlling a third device, the first to the third devices being separated from one another; determining whether or not the first information is to be transmitted to the third device, based on whether or not the first information is associated with second information stored in the first device, the second information including at least a first operation command for controlling a first operation of the third device; and in a case that the first information is determined to be transmitted to the third device, transmitting the first information to the third device via a second network. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein determining whether or not the first information is to be transmitted to the third device is performed based on the second information and third information, the third information indicating at least one result of previous determination. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The method according to claim 6, wherein the first information is transmitted by an application installed in the second device, and the method further comprises determining to transmit the first information to the third device, in a case that the control information is associated with the second information by an authenticator who authenticates the application. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The method according to claim 8, wherein the second information includes a plurality of operation commands provided by a provider of the application, and the method further comprises determining to transmit the first information to the third device, in a case that the control information is associated with at least one of the plurality of operation commands by the authenticator. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The method according to claim 9, wherein the second information includes a second operation command selected by a user of the third device from the plurality of operation commands, and the method further comprises determining to transmit the first information to the third device, in a case that the control information is associated with the second operation command. ### Claim 11 A system comprising: a first device; a second device to be controlled by the first device; and a third device configured to communicate with the first device via a first network and to communicate with the second device via a second network, wherein the first to the third devices are separated from one another, the third device includes: receiver circuitry configured and/or programmed to receive from the first device via the first network, first information for controlling the second device; determinator circuitry configured and/or programmed to determine whether or not the first information is to be transmitted to the second device, based on whether or not the first information is associated with second information stored in the third device, the second information including at least a first operation command for controlling a first operation of the second device; and transmitter circuitry configured and/or programmed to, in a case that the first information is determined to be transmitted to the second device, transmit the first information to the second device via the second network. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The system according to claim 11, wherein the determinator circuitry is configured and/or programmed to determine whether or not the first information is to be transmitted to the second device, based on the second information and third information, the third information indicating at least one result of previous determination by the determinator circuitry. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The system according to claim 11, wherein the first information is transmitted by an application installed in the first device, and the determinator circuitry is configured and/or programmed to determine to transmit the first information to the second device, in a case that the control information is associated with the second information by an authenticator who authenticates the application. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The system according to claim 13, wherein the second information includes a plurality of operation commands provided by a provider of the application, and the determinator circuitry is configured and/or programmed to determine to transmit the first information to the second device, in a case that the control information is associated with at least one of the plurality of operation commands by the authenticator. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The system according to claim 14, wherein the second information includes a second operation command selected by a user of the second device from the plurality of operation commands, and the determinator circuitry is configured and/or programmed to determine to transmit the first information to the second device, in a case that the control information is associated with the second operation command.