System for operating device from remote location and apparatus for use in the system
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsTadashi Yamakawa, Eiji Kato, Hisao Nakagawa, Kazuomi Oishi, Yoichi Kamei
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Abstract
Disclosed is a remote operating system in which even if a remote-operated apparatus is connected to a network protected by a firewall and a remote-operating apparatus exists outside of the firewall, it is possible for the remote-operating apparatus to remotely operate the remote-operated apparatus by transmitting information containing an operation designation as a response to a command, such as a stream connection request, transmitted from the remote-operated apparatus.
Claims21
A remote-operating apparatus for remotely operating a first apparatus in a network protected by a firewall from outside of the firewall, comprising:
- a reception device configured to receive predetermined information from the first apparatus;
- a determination device configured to determine operation information for remotely operating the first apparatus based on the received predetermined information;
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- a transmission device configured to transmit the operation information to the first apparatus as a response to the predetermined information received by the reception device.
An information processing apparatus in a network protected by a firewall, comprising:
- transmission means for transmitting predetermined information, upon which operation information for remotely operating the information processing apparatus is based, to a remote-operating apparatus outside of the firewall;
- reception means for receiving the operation information transmitted from the remote-operating apparatus as a response to the predetermined information;
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- control means for performing control based on the operation information received by the reception means.
A method of remotely operating a first apparatus in a network protected by a firewall using a remote-operating apparatus from outside the firewall, comprising the steps of:
- transmitting predetermined information from the first apparatus to the remote-operating apparatus;
- determining operation information for remotely operating the first apparatus based on the predetermined information;
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- transmitting the operation information from the remote-operating apparatus to the first apparatus as a response to the predetermined information.
A method of remotely operating a first apparatus in a network protected by a firewall from a remote-operating apparatus outside of the firewall, comprising:
- a reception step for receiving predetermined information from the first apparatus;
- a determination step for determining operation information for remotely operating the first apparatus based on the received predetermined information;
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- a transmission step for transmitting the operation information to the first apparatus as a response to the predetermined information received in the reception step.
A method of controlling an information processing apparatus in a network protected by a firewall, comprising:
- a transmission step for transmitting predetermined information, upon which operation information for remotely operating the information apparatus is based, to a remote-operating apparatus outside of the firewall;
- a reception step for receiving the operation information transmitted from the remote-operating apparatus as a response to the predetermined information;
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- a control step for performing control based on the operation information received in the reception step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.