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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 15, 2008
Natsume Matsuzaki, Mino, JP;
Toshihisa Abe, Izumisano, JP;
Toshihisa Nakano, Neyagwa, JP;
Yuichi Futa, Osaka, JP;
Masaya Miyazaki, Ikeda, JP;
Natsume Matsuzaki, Mino, JP;
Toshihisa Abe, Izumisano, JP;
Toshihisa Nakano, Neyagwa, JP;
Yuichi Futa, Osaka, JP;
Masaya Miyazaki, Ikeda, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A group management device provides with a content a device included in a group managed by the group management device. The group management device includes a storage unit that stores a total number of remote device that the group management device currently registers, a maximum number of remote devices that the group management device is permitted to register, a total number of local device that the group management device currently registers, and a maximum number of local devices that the group management device is permitted to register. The group management device also includes a judging unit that judges whether the total number of the remote device exceeds the maximum number of the remote devices when it is judged that the one device is the remote device. The judging unit judges whether the total number of the local device exceeds the maximum number of the local devices when it is judged that the one device is the local device.