Device search apparatus and device search method
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorKazuki NAGAI
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Abstract
A device search apparatus includes: a communication device which wirelessly communicates with a device; an input device to which information is inputted; a display device which displays information; and a processing device which, if input information including a predetermined keyword is received via the input device, searches for a device, using the communication device, extracts a device associated with a device name included in the input information from among the devices detected by the search, and displays a device indication representing each of the extracted devices on the display device.
Claims7
A device search apparatus comprising:
- a communication device which wirelessly communicates with a device;
- an input device to which information is inputted;
- a display device which displays information;
- and
- a processing device which, if input information including a predetermined keyword is received via the input device, searches for a device, using the communication device, extracts a device associated with a device name included in the input information from among the devices detected by the search, and displays a device indication representing each of the extracted devices on the display device.
A device search method executed by a device search apparatus, comprising:
- receiving information including a predetermined keyword;
- searching for a device;
- extracting a device associated with a device name included in the received information from among the devices detected by the search;
- and
- displaying a device indication representing each of the extracted devices on the display device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.