Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Masaki Takeuchi

Akira Tojima

Akihiro Azuma

Taichiro Morishita

Junichi Shirakawa

Mitsunori Nojima

Yohhei Iwami

Tohru Sugayama

Taichi Andoh

A network system includes a first communication device, a second communication device and a server. The communication device includes a storage unit storing first device information indicating a function of the communication device, and a communication unit for receiving second device information indicating a function of another communication device from the other communication device, transmitting the first and second device information to the server, and receiving first control information used by the first device from the server.

Network system, communication method, communication device, and computer-readable recording medium having communication program recorded thereon

A content reproduction device () determines whether there is a change in the connection state of the content reproduction device. When a determination is made that there is a change in the connection state, the content reproduction device transmits to a portable terminal device () control information to control the content reproduction device or another device (A) connected to the content reproduction device. The portable terminal device can control the content reproduction device or another device connected to the content reproduction device based on the received control information.

Content reproduction device, control method and network system

An input system, a portable terminal, a data processor, and an input method are provided that can be used to easily input a character of the type permitted to be input. The input system includes the data processor and the portable terminal. The data processor stores an input permitted character type that is a type of characters permitted to be input to a corresponding one of not less than one input box, in association with the corresponding input box. The data processor transmits to the portable terminal the input permitted character type associated with a character input enabled input box. The portable terminal sets the type of characters to be input, to the input permitted character type as received, and transmits to the data processor an input character that is of the input permitted character type as set.

Input system, portable terminal, data processor, and input method

An operation target device () includes: a reproducable data information transmitting section () for transmitting, to a remote operation device (), reproducable data information indicative of a file format that the operation target device () can output; a data sharing process section () on the operated side for requesting the remote operation device () to transmit data identification information of data that the operation target device () can output, the data being selected according to the reproducable data information, from among data that the remote operation device () can provide; and a slide-show executing section () for outputting the data received from the remote operation device (). With this configuration, it is possible to avoid such a case where data that the operation target device () cannot output is transmitted to the operation target device () from the remote operation device ().

Data output device, data providing device, data output system, data output device control method, and data providing device control method

A service providing device () includes: one-time PW generating processing section () which generates, for each operation device (), authentication information for use in authentication processing carried out by the service providing device () in a case where the service providing device () is accessed by a display processing device (); and an image data generating processing section () which (i) generates operation data including the authentication information generated and processing specifying information specifying the authentication processing, and (ii) transmits the operation data thus generated to the operation device ().

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Osaka, Japan

Masaki Takeuchi