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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2014
Filed:
May. 13, 2008
Hiroyuki Chiba, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiko Kinoshita, Tokyo, JP;
Takashi Kanao, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A communication system including a controlled device to be controlled and an information processing apparatus, in which the controlled device includes a transmission means for transmitting a message indicating that an event has occurred to the information processing apparatus and a control means for performing processing according to a request from the information processing means, and in which the information processing apparatus includes a receiving means for receiving the message indicating that the event has occurred at the controlled device, which has been transmitted from the controlled device and a request means for deciding processing performed by the controlled device according to the event indicated by the message received by the receiving means and requesting the controlled device to perform the decided processing.