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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 05, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 20, 2013
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Ryota Miyazaki, Osaka, JP;
Toshihisa Nakano, Osaka, JP;
Masao Nonaka, Osaka, JP;
Motoji Ohmori, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Kozuka, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A device classification method that includes: receiving a first action performed on a first device in the device group, for classifying the first device as belonging to the coordinated operation group; setting, when the first action is received, each of one or more devices in the device group other than the first device to a classifiable state in which the device is classifiable as belonging to the coordinated operation group; receiving a second action performed on a second device in the device group that is set to the classifiable state, for classifying the second device as belonging to the coordinated operation group; and classifying, when the second action is received, the first device and the second device as belonging to the coordinated operation group.