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US 6,523,696 B1Granted
Communication control device for realizing uniform service providing environment
AssigneeKabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
InventorsTakeshi Saito, Yoshiaki Takabatake, Mikio Hashimoto
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Abstract
A communication control device capable of realizing a uniform service providing environment without relying on a particular network is disclosed. A communication control device connected with first and second networks has a collecting unit for collecting service information of service providing devices connected with the first network, according to a first protocol depending on the first network, and a notifying unit for notifying the service information to a device connected with a second network, according to a second protocol not depending on the first network.
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A communication control device connected with first and second networks, comprising:
- a collecting unit configured to collect first network service information of service providing devices connected with the first network, the first network service information being readable by using a first protocol depending on the first network;
- a notifying unit configured to notify second network service information equivalent to the first network service information collected by the collecting unit to a device connected with the second network, as information on services provided on the second network by the communication control device, the second network service information being readable by using a second protocol not depending on the first network, such that the device connected with the second network that receives the second network service information from the communication control device recognizes services indicated by the second network service information as services provided by the communication control device on the second network;
- a receiving unit configured to receive a second protocol packet for controlling at least one of the service providing devices connected with the first network, from said device connected with the second network;
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- a control unit configured to control said at least one of the service providing devices specified by the second protocol packet, according to the first protocol.
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A communication control device connected with first and second networks, comprising:
- a collecting unit configured to collect first network service information of service providing devices connected with the first network, the first network service information being readable by using a first protocol depending on the first network;
- a notifying unit configured to notify second network service information equivalent to the first network service information collected by the collecting unit to a device connected with the second network, in a form of a home page for issuing a first protocol command in the first protocol for controlling a service provided by one service providing device, as information on services provided on the second network by the communication control device, the second network service information being readable by using a second protocol not depending on the first network, such that the device connected with the second network that receives the second network service information from the communication control device recognizes services indicated by the second network service information as services provided by the communication control device on the second network;
- a receiving unit configured to receive a message based on the home page from said device connected with the second network;
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- a control unit configured to control said one service providing device by the first protocol command issued according to said message received by the receiving unit.
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A method of communication control at a communication control device connected with first and second networks, comprising the steps of:
- (a) collecting first network service information of service providing devices connected with the first network, the first network service information being readable by using a first protocol depending on the first network;
- (b) notifying second network service information equivalent to the first network service information collected by the step (a) to a device connected with the second network, as information on services provided on the second network by the communication control device, the second network service information being readable by using a second protocol not depending on the first network, such that the device connected with the second network that receives the second network service information from the communication control device recognizes services indicated by the second network service information as services provided by the communication control device on the second network;
- (c) receiving a second protocol packet for controlling at least one of the service providing devices connected with the first network, from said device connected with the second network;
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- (d) controlling said at least one of the service providing devices specified by the second protocol packet, according to the first protocol.
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A method of communication control at a communication control device connected with first and second networks, comprising the steps of:
- (a) collecting first network service information of service providing devices connected with the first network, the first network service information being readable by using a first protocol depending on the first network;
- (b) notifying second network service information equivalent to the first network service information collected by the step (a) to a device connected with the second network, in a form of a home page for issuing a first protocol command in the first protocol for controlling a service provided by one service providing device, as information on services provided on the second network by the communication control device, the second network service information being readable by using a second protocol not depending on the first network, such that the device connected with the second network that receives the second network service information from the communication control device recognizes services indicated by the second network service information as services provided by the communication control device on the second network;
- (c) receiving a message based on the home page from said device connected with the second network;
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- (d) controlling said one service providing device by the first protocol command issued according to said message received by the step (c).
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.