Network system, access management server, event notification method, network appliance and computer program
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsAkihiko KINOSHITA, Takashi Kanao, Hiroyuki Chiba, Tsuyoshi Honma, Hirofumi Kouda
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Abstract
A network system is disclosed. The system includes: a terminal device; a network appliance to be controlled by the terminal device; a service server that provides a service for controlling the network appliance over a network to the terminal device; and an access management server that receives/transmits information for accessing the network appliance over the network. The network appliance has a message transmitting section, and the access management server has: a storage section and an event message transmission control section.
Claims8
A network system comprising:
- a terminal device;
- a network appliance to be controlled by the terminal device;
- a service server that provides a service for controlling the network appliance over a network to the terminal device;
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- an access management server that receives/transmits information for accessing the network appliance over the network,
- wherein:
- the network appliance has:
- a message transmitting section that, when an event occurs, transmits a message including event identification information for identification of the type of the event and machine identification information of the network appliance to the access management server;
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- the access management server has:
- a storage section that stores a first relationship list including a relationship between a control machine/service management ID assigned to a combination between the identification information of the terminal device and a service to be provided by the service server and a controlled machine management ID assigned to the network appliance to be controlled by the terminal device and a second relationship list including a relationship among the event identification information, the control machine/service management ID and address information of the service server;
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- an event message transmission control section that identifies the address information of the service server, which is the destination of the notification of the event, based on the first relationship list and second relationship list stored in the storage section and the event identification information and machine identification information included in the message received from the network appliance.
An access management server connectable to a network along with a terminal device, a network appliance to be controlled by the terminal device and a service server that provides a service for controlling the network appliance over the network to the terminal device, the access management server receiving/transmitting information for accessing the network appliance over the network, the access management server comprising:
- a storage section that stores a first relationship list including a relationship between a control machine/service management ID assigned to a combination between the identification information of the terminal device and a service to be provided by the service server and a controlled machine management ID assigned to the network appliance to be controlled by the terminal device and a second relationship list including a relationship among the event identification information, the control machine/service management ID and address information of the service server;
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- an event message transmission control section that identifies the address information of the service server, which is the destination of the notification of the event, based on the first relationship list and second relationship list stored in the storage section and the type information of an event and machine identification information of the network appliance included in the message transmitted by the network appliance when the event occurs.
An event notification method for notifying a service server of an event occurring in a network appliance in a network system in which a terminal device, the network appliance to be controlled by the terminal device, the service server that provides a service for controlling the network machine over a network to the terminal device, and an access management server that receives/transmits information for accessing the network appliance over the network are connected to the network, the method comprising the steps of:
- storing, in a storage section of the access management server, a first relationship list including a relationship between a control machine/service management ID assigned to a combination between the identification information of the terminal device and a service to be provided by the service server and a controlled machine management ID assigned to the network appliance to be controlled by the terminal device and a second relationship list including a relationship among the event identification information, the control machine/service management ID and address information of the service server;
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- when an event occurs, transmitting a message including event identification information for identifying the type of the event and machine identification information of the network appliance from a message transmitting section in the network appliance to the access management server;
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- identifying, by an event message transmission control section in the access management server, the address information of the service server, which is the destination of the notification of the event, based on the first relationship list and second relationship list stored in the storage section and the event identification information and machine identification information included in the message received from the network appliance.
A computer program for an access management server connectable to a network along with a terminal device, a network appliance to be controlled by the terminal device, and a service server that provides a service for controlling the network appliance over the network to the terminal device, the access management server receiving/transmitting information for accessing the network appliance over the network, the program causing a computer to function as:
- a storage section that stores a first relationship list including a relationship between a control machine/service management ID assigned to a combination between the identification information of the terminal device and a service to be provided by the service server and a controlled machine management ID assigned to the network appliance to be controlled by the terminal device and a second relationship list including a relationship among event identification information, the control machine/service management ID and address information of the service server;
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- an event message transmission control section that identifies the address information of the service server, which is the destination of the notification of the event, based on the first relationship list and second relationship list stored in the storage section and the type information of the event and machine identification information of the network appliance included in the message transmitted from the network appliance when the event occurs.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.