Home network system
AssigneeFunai Electric Co., Ltd.
InventorNobuyuki Kimura
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Abstract
A home network system including a server apparatus and an apparatus, which are capable of communicating therebetween, each of which has an authentication ID control unit equipped with an authentication ID storage unit for storing an authentication ID given from an authentication ID giving unit. Connection between the server apparatus and the client apparatus is established by the authentication ID control unit when the given authentication IDs match with each other, wherein the authentication ID giving unit includes a remote control unit capable of communicating with the server apparatus and the client apparatus by using an infrared ray and gives an identical authentication ID to the server apparatus or the client apparatus on the basis of a predetermined input operation.
Claims7
A home network system comprising a server apparatus and one or more client apparatuses, which are capable of communicating therebetween through a transmission channel, each of the server apparatus and the one or more client apparatuses having an authentication ID control unit equipped with an authentication ID storage unit for storing an authentication ID given from an authentication ID giving unit, the home network system being configured so that a connection between the server apparatus and the one or more client apparatuses is established by the authentication ID control unit when the given authentication IDs of the server apparatus and the one or more client apparatuses match with each other,
- wherein the authentication ID giving unit includes a remote control unit capable of communicating with the server apparatus and the one or more client apparatuses by using an infrared ray and gives an identical authentication ID to the server apparatus or the one or more client apparatuses on the basis of a predetermined input operation,
- when the authentication ID is given by the authentication ID giving unit, the server apparatus stores the given authentication ID in server side authentication ID storage unit, searches the one or more client apparatuses having the authentication ID identical to the authentication ID stored and transmits a connection information and a security information to relevant the one or more client apparatuses having the identical authentication ID,
- when the authentication ID is given by the authentication ID giving unit, the one or more client apparatuses store the given authentication ID in client side authentication ID storage unit, searches the server apparatus having the authentication ID identical to the authentication ID stored in the one or more client apparatuses and receives the connection information and the security information from relevant the server apparatus to set up these information therein.
A home network system comprising a server apparatus and one or more client apparatuses, which are capable of communicating therebetween through a transmission channel, each of the server apparatus and the one or more client apparatuses having an authentication ID control unit equipped with an authentication ID storage unit for storing an authentication ID given from an authentication ID giving unit, the home network system being configured so that a connection between the server apparatus and the one or more client apparatuses is established by the authentication ID control unit when the given authentication IDs of the server apparatus and the one or more client apparatuses match with each other,
- wherein the authentication ID giving unit includes a remote control unit capable of communicating with the server apparatus and the one or more client apparatuses by using an infrared ray and gives an identical authentication ID to the server apparatus or the one or more client apparatuses on the basis of a predetermined input operation.
A server apparatus comprising:
- a communication unit that performs radio communication with one or more client apparatuses;
- and an authentication ID control unit equipped with an authentication ID storage unit for storing authentication ID, the server apparatus being configured so that a connection with the one or more client apparatuses is established by the authentication ID control unit when the given authentication ID of the server apparatus matches that of the one or more client apparatuses,
- wherein the authentication ID control unit stores the authentication ID given from a remote control unit as authentication ID giving unit in the authentication ID storage unit.
A client apparatus comprising a communication unit that performs radio communication with a server apparatus and an authentication ID control unit equipped with an authentication ID storage unit for storing authentication ID, the client apparatus being configured so that a connection with the server apparatus is established by the authentication ID control unit when the given authentication ID of the client apparatus matches that of the server apparatus,
- wherein the authentication ID control unit stores the authentication ID given from a remote control unit as authentication ID giving unit in the authentication ID storage unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.