COMMUNICATIONS APPARATUS, COMMUNICATION METHOD, EQUIPMENT, AND COMPUTER PROGRAM

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow equipment to be controlled from a control device while reducing costs for the equipment and the control device and allowing a reduction in usability to be avoided.SOLUTION: A communications apparatus comprises: a first generation unit generating a first code and transm...

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Main Authors AJIFU DAISUKE, MINAMI KEISUKE, TAZOE KOJI
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Japanese
Published 29.03.2018
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Summary:PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow equipment to be controlled from a control device while reducing costs for the equipment and the control device and allowing a reduction in usability to be avoided.SOLUTION: A communications apparatus comprises: a first generation unit generating a first code and transmitting the first code to equipment when receiving a first code generation request including address information of service provided by the equipment to a control device; a first management unit associating the first code with the address information and holding the first code associated therewith; and an address provision unit receiving an address acquisition request including the first code from the control device, and transmitting the address information associated with the first code to the control device when the first code included in the address acquisition request is held by the first management unit.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】機器および制御装置に対するコストを低減し、かつユーザビリティの低下を回避できるようにしつつ、制御装置から機器を制御できるようにする。【解決手段】本発明の一態様としての通信装置は、機器が制御装置に対して提供するサービスのアドレス情報を含む第1コード生成要求を受信した場合に、第1コードを生成し、前記第1コードを前記機器に送信する第1生成部と、前記第1コードを前記アドレス情報に関連づけて保持する第1管理部と、前記制御装置から、前記第1コードを含むアドレス取得要求を受信し、前記アドレス取得要求に含まれる前記第1コードが前記第1管理部に保持されている場合、前記第1コードに関連づけられている前記アドレス情報を前記制御装置に送信するアドレス提供部と、を備える。【選択図】図1
Bibliography:Application Number: JP20170053661