# US 2014/0156030 A1 · Remote controller managing device, control method, and computer program product > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0156030 A1 - Document ID: US20140156030A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/024,393 - Filed: 2013-09-11 - Published: 2014-06-05 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-30 - Assignees: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Applicants: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba - Inventors: Masayuki Okamoto; Masaru Sakai; Hiroko Fujii; Akira Miyazawa; Daisuke Sano - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140156030A1 ## CPC - H04N 21/4753: {for user identification, e.g. by entering a PIN or password (cryptographic authentication protocols H04L9/32; networks authentication protocols H04L63/08)} - H04N 21/42204: {User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor (constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205)} - H04N 21/4316: {for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window} - H04N 21/4532: {involving end-user characteristics, e.g. viewer profile, preferences (monitoring of user activities for profile generation for accessing a video database G06F16/739; user profiles in network data switching protocols H04L67/306; processing of user preferences or user profiles in wireless networks H04W8/18)} - H04N 21/4751: {for defining user accounts, e.g. accounts for children} - H04N 21/42224: {Touch pad or touch panel provided on the remote control} - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract According to one embodiment, a remote controller managing device is configured to output an operation instruction signal for controlling a target control device in accordance with operation instructions from a plurality of remote controllers, respectively, for controlling the target control device. The remote controller managing device includes a conflict determining module and a controller. The conflict determining module is configured to determine whether the operation instructions of the remote controllers conflict with each other when the operation instructions are issued by the remote controllers. The controller is configured to control the target control device so as to correspond to one of the operation instructions of one of the remote controllers with a higher priority order based on predetermined priority orders when the conflict determining module determines that the operation instructions conflict with each other. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A remote controller managing device configured to output an operation instruction signal for controlling a target control device in accordance with operation instructions from a plurality of remote controllers, respectively, for controlling the target control device, the remote controller managing device comprising: a conflict determining module configured to determine whether the operation instructions of the remote controllers conflict with each other when the operation instructions are issued by the remote controllers; and a controller configured to control the target control device so as to correspond to one of the operation instructions of one of the remote controllers with a higher priority order based on predetermined priority orders when the conflict determining module determines that the operation instructions conflict with each other. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The remote controller managing device of claim 1, wherein the priority orders are set in accordance with operation modes of the remote controllers. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The remote controller managing device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to assign an operation authority to one of the remote controllers in advance, and, when the remote controllers issue the operation instructions with identical priority orders, the controller is configured to control the target control device so as to correspond to one of the operation instructions of the one of the remote controllers with the operation authority. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The remote controller managing device of claim 3, wherein the controller is configured to limit content of one of the operation instructions of one of the remote controllers with no operation authority. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The remote controller managing device of claim 3, wherein, when a predetermined operation is performed in one of the remote controllers with no operation authority, the controller is configured to transfer the operation authority to the one of the remote controllers that has performed the predetermined operation. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The remote controller managing device of claim 1, wherein, when one of the remote controllers issues one of the operation instructions that conflicts with other one of the operation instructions of other one of the remote controllers and execution of the one of the operation instructions causes the other one of the operation instructions unable to be executed, the controller is configured to provide a notification that the one of the operation instructions has been issued, while prohibiting execution of the one of the operation instructions. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The remote controller managing device of claim 6, wherein, with respect to one of the remote controllers to which the notification that the one of the operation instructions has been issued, execution of the one of the operation instructions is prohibited from when the notification is provided. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The remote controller managing device of claim 1, wherein the controller is configured to provide a notification indicating that one of the operation instructions has been rejected when one of the remote controllers issues the one of the operation instructions that conflict with other one of the operation instructions of other one of the remote controllers. ### Claim 9 A control method performed by a remote controller managing device configured to output an operation instruction signal for controlling a target control device in accordance with operation instructions from a plurality of remote controllers, respectively, for controlling the target control device, the control method comprising: determining whether the operation instructions of the remote controllers conflict with each other when the operation instructions are issued by the remote controllers; and controlling the target control device so as to correspond to one of the operation instructions of one of the remote controllers with a higher priority order based on predetermined priority orders when the conflict determining module determines that the operation instructions conflict with each other. ### Claim 10 A computer program product having a non-transitory computer readable medium including programmed instructions, wherein the instructions, when executed by a computer for controlling a remote controller managing device configured to output an operation instruction signal for controlling a target control device in accordance with operation instructions from a plurality of remote controllers, respectively, for controlling the target control device, cause the computer to perform: determining whether the operation instructions of the remote controllers conflict with each other when the operation instructions are issued by the remote controllers; and controlling the target control device so as to correspond to one of the operation instructions of one of the remote controllers with a higher priority order based on predetermined priority orders when the conflict determining module determines that the operation instructions conflict with each other.