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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Aug. 13, 2009
Ken Takebayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuko Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Ken Takebayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Nobuko Kimura, Kawasaki, JP;
Fujitsu Limited, Kawasaki, JP;
Abstract
A communication system is installed in information home appliances controlled by an operation system connected to an IP network. The communication system includes a first communication apparatus connected to the IP network; and a second communication apparatus connected to the first communication apparatus. The first communication apparatus includes a determining unit for determining, based on an attribute included in a search signal transmitted from the second communication apparatus in order to search for the first communication apparatus, whether the first communication apparatus can control the second communication apparatus; a search-signal response signal generating unit for generating and transmitting, to the second communication apparatus, a response signal in response to the search signal in the case the determination of the determining unit is affirmative; and a registering unit for registering the second communication apparatus as a control target based on a connection request made by the second communication apparatus.