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Title:
RELAY DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2014/024484
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
 Provided is a relay device for accumulating home electrical appliance status modifications on a server during control of a home electrical appliance connected to a network, and for understanding consumer usage. The relay device is used in a communication system that controls the operation of an on site home electrical appliance via a network. The relay device relays communication between the home electrical appliance disposed on site and a server on a network. The relay device is equipped with: a communication circuit that communicates with the home electrical appliance and the server; a control circuit that controls the communication carried out by the communication circuit; and memory. After the communication circuit has received, from the server, a control request pertaining to the control of the operation of the home electrical appliance, and transmitted the control request to the home electrical appliance, the control circuit accumulates in the memory a plurality of notifications transmitted from the home electrical appliance in response to the reception of the control request and received by the communication circuit, said plurality of notifications being stored until predetermined conditions have been satisfied. When the control circuit has determined that the predetermined conditions have been satisfied, the communication circuit collectively transmits the plurality of notifications to the server.

Inventors:
NAKAMURA KOJI
Application Number:
PCT/JP2013/004764
Publication Date:
February 13, 2014
Filing Date:
August 07, 2013
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Assignee:
PANASONIC CORP (JP)
International Classes:
H04Q9/00; H04M11/00
Foreign References:
JP2010171579A2010-08-05
JP2004280717A2004-10-07
JP2008048225A2008-02-28
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
OKUDA, SEIJI (JP)
Seiji Okuda (JP)
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