| US 7,516,203 B2 | ||
| Network control verification system, control communication terminal, server apparatus, and network control verification method | ||
| Toshiyuki Watanabe, Tokyo (Japan); Takashi Kitajima, Ibaraki (Japan); Katsutoshi Sakao, Kanagawa (Japan); Yasunori Matsui, Kanagawa (Japan); Hirokatsu Kimata, Tokyo (Japan); and Satoru Maeda, Kanagawa (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to Sony Corporation, (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 10/498,205 PCT Filed Oct. 08, 2003, PCT No. PCT/JP03/12858 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Mar. 17, 2005, PCT Pub. No. WO2004/034700, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 22, 2004. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2002-298857 (JP), filed on Oct. 11, 2002; and application No. 2002-304086 (JP), filed on Oct. 18, 2002. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0165918 A1, Jul. 28, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. G06F 15/173 (2006.01); G06F 15/16 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 709—223 [709/203; 709/217; 709/219; 709/227] | 14 Claims |
| 1. A network control verification system, comprising:
a portable communication terminal;
an electronic apparatus connected to a communication network and that includes a recording apparatus;
a control communication terminal connected over the communication network to said electronic apparatus, said electronic apparatus
being controllable through said control communication terminal; and
a server apparatus which is connected to the communication network and which mediates communication between said portable
communication terminal and said control communication terminal;
said portable communication terminal including:
a control information transmitter for transmitting control information regarding said electronic apparatus over the communication
network to said control communication terminal in response to receiving as user-inputted instruction regarding said electronic
apparatus, the control information including at least one instruction requesting said electronic apparatus to receive a selected
information signal over the network and record the information signal to a recording medium, and
a displaying mechanism; and
said control communication terminal including:
a control information acquiring mechanism for receiving the control information regarding said electronic apparatus over the
communication network from said portable communication terminal, and for supplying the received control information to said
electronic apparatus,
a result information acquiring mechanism for acquiring from said electronic apparatus result information representative of
results of controlling said electronic apparatus in accordance with the control information, the result information including
an image derived by said electronic apparatus capturing a picture directly from the information signal and then adjusting
the picture for display on said display mechanism of said portable communication terminal, and
a result information transmitter for transmitting the result information over the communication network to said portable communication
terminal; said server apparatus including:
an information notifying mechanism which, upon receiving the control information from said control information transmitter
of said portable communication terminal, notifies said control communication terminal that the control information has been
received,
an information transmitter for transmitting the control information to said control communication terminal in response to
a request from said control communication terminal to deliver the control information,
a result notifying mechanism which, upon receiving the result information from said control communication terminal, notifies
said portable communication terminal that the result information has been received, and
a result transmitter for transmitting the result information to said portable communication terminal in response to a request
from said portable communication terminal to deliver the result information;
said display mechanism of said portable communication terminal receiving the result information over the communication network
from said control communication terminal and displaying the result information including the derived image.
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