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US 11,310,551 B2Granted
Information device, device control method, device control system and device control program
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorTakashi Doi
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, an information device includes a request command transmission unit and an information reception unit. The request command transmission unit transmits, to an external device, a request command for obtaining information of one or more unique commands executable only by the external device from the external device. The information reception unit receives the information of one or more unique commands requested by the request command from the external device.
Claims3
An information device comprising:
- a request command transmission unit which transmits, to an external device, a request command for obtaining a list of one or more unique commands executable only by the external device from the external device;
- an information reception unit which receives the list of one or more unique commands requested by the request command from the external device and generates display information to display the list of one or more unique commands in a display unit, wherein the display information is at least one of a name of a function, an explanation of the function and an icon or symbol for the function allowing a user to understand content of the one or more unique commands, and
- the display information of each unique command in the display unit is a user interface to execute the each unique command;
- and
- an inquiry command transmission unit which transmits an inquiry command for inquiring information of a device state,
- the information reception unit receiving the information of the device state, wherein
- validity/invalidity of the unique command included in the received list of one or more unique commands is determined based on the received information of the external device state, and
- the display information displayed in the display unit is adjusted based on the determined validity/invalidity of the one or more unique commands.
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A device control method comprising:
- transmitting a request command for obtaining a list of one or more unique commands executable only by an external device from the external device;
- receiving the list of one or more unique commands requested by the request command from the external device;
- generating display information to display the list of one or more unique commands in a display unit, wherein
- the display information including at least one of a name of a function, an explanation of the function and an icon or symbol for the function allowing a user to understand content of the one or more unique command, and
- the display information of each unique command in the display unit is a user interface to execute the each unique command;
- and
- transmitting an inquiry command for inquiring information of a device state,
- receiving the information of the device state, wherein
- validity/invalidity of the unique command included in the received list of one or more unique commands is determined based on the received information of the external device state, and
- the display information displayed in the display unit is adjusted based on the determined validity/invalidity of the one or more unique commands.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.