Panasonic Corporation

Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Naonori Kato

Hideaki Takechi

Toshiki Yamamura

Hidetoshi Takeda

Shinji Hamai

Yasuyuki Shintani

Tadashi Kunihira

Kazuhiro Aizu

Monta Nakatsuka

Shinichi Tsuchida

Mutsuko Yamamoto

An UI display apparatus capable of searching for and identifying a communication device connected to a network, in accordance with a user's preference. A television being the UI display apparatus includes a communication unit communicating with a DVD recorder, which is a communication device connected via the network, receiving data sent from the DVD recorder via the network, and sending the received data to the processing unit, and a processing unit instructing the display unit to perform UI rendering based on information stored in a recording unit, the recording unit storing the type name of a device the television wishes to display on the display unit among the devices on the network, the type name of a service provided by the device, a function name, etc. The television also includes a display unit displaying a UI such as an icon according to an instruction from the processing unit.

UI display apparatus and method for displaying, on a screen, an icon representing a device connected to a network

An internet terminal, which includes a communication unit for sending and receiving packet data, an encryption unit for encrypting and decrypting packet data, a packet generation unit for generating packet data to be sent to a server apparatus, a protocol determination unit for determining a communication protocol to be used between the internet terminal and the server apparatus, a control request reading unit for reading in packet data and a control request packet that includes a control request, a control unit for receiving control information and controlling the internet terminal or a terminal apparatus accordingly. Further, the internet terminal includes a server certificate authentication unit for authenticating the validity of a server certificate sent by the server apparatus, a client certificate management unit for sending a client certificate to the server apparatus, and a storage unit for storing a terminal ID and other information.

Apparatus, method and computer software products for controlling a home terminal

A communication system includes a device and a server connected to the Internet, which transfers communications between the device and a terminal connectable to the Internet via the server. The device periodically transmits a notice packet to the server. The server transmits a connection request packet to the device in reply to the notice packet when a transfer to the device is requested from the terminal. The device transmits a TCP connection request to the server when receiving the connection request packet from the server. The server accepts the TCP connection request transmitted from the device to the server in reply to the connection request packet, to establish the TCP connection. Thus, the server transfers communications between the terminal and the device on the TCP connection after the TCP connection is established.

Secured TCP/IP communication system for devices and private networks connected to the internet

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Hirakata, Japan

Naonori Kato