JP2011197929A - System, method and program for displaying list of belongings - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system, a method and a program for displaying a list of belongings, allowing creating a list of electrical products owned by a user and managing product information specific to each electrical appliance.SOLUTION: An information processor 50 for storing a definition file defined for each electrical appliance 20 receives a packet for discriminating the type of the electrical appliance 20, compares the received packet with the definition file for each electrical appliance, and scores the definition file. Then, the information processor extracts the definition files having high scores and the electrical appliance information of the definition file is used as the electrical appliance information of the electrical appliance. The information processor transmits the electrical appliance information to a server 300 in associating with an ID for each information processor or for each user managing the information processor. Accordingly, the server 300 creates a list of belongings by listing up the electrical appliance information for each ID, and transmits the list of belongings to a terminal having requested viewing.

Description

  The present invention relates to a system, a method, and a program for displaying an inventory list that lists electrical appliances possessed by a user.

  In recent years, not only computers and telephones but also household appliances such as digital televisions, digital photo frames, refrigerators, washing machines, etc. have become applicable as appliances connected to a home network.

  Furthermore, with the recent introduction of IT, the absolute number of electrical appliances used at home has also increased, making it difficult for users to manage all the electrical appliances in detail.

  In addition, there is a demand for users to manage documents attached to electrical appliances, for example, instruction manuals, recall information about the electrical appliances, information on new products, and the like for each electrical appliance. Furthermore, the management of user registration information is generally managed by bookmarking the user registration page in a Web browser that is activated on a personal computer, separately from the electrical appliance.

  In such a situation, an invention has been proposed in which an identification tag is attached to each article, a personal belongings list is created and managed to determine whether the article has been lost (for example, a patent) Reference 1). In addition, a method of displaying a personal computer connected to a network as a network map together with a computer name and an image of a device is known (for example, see Non-Patent Document 1)

JP 2007-004809 A

Microsoft Corporation, “Network Map”, [online], [Search March 9, 2010], Internet <URL: http://www.microsoft.com/japan/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/ networking.mspx>

  However, in the method of Patent Document 1, it is necessary to attach an identification tag to an article to be managed and store the tag and the list in association with each other. There is a demand for an administrator to reduce as much as possible the effort required for a terminal to be managed. Further, in Non-Patent Document 1, devices such as personal computers connected to a network can be displayed in a map form, but provide information unique to the devices (for example, instruction manuals and advertisement information). is not.

  SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to provide an inventory list display system, method, and program capable of generating a list of electrical appliances owned by a user and managing information related to products unique to each electrical appliance. And

  The present invention provides the following solutions.

According to the first aspect of the invention, an electrical appliance (electrical appliance 20) and an information processing apparatus (information processing apparatus 50) are connected via a network (local network 2), and the information processing apparatus and server (product information providing server 300) are connected. ) Are connected via a public line network (public line network 3) (a belonging list display system 1),
The information processing apparatus is
Means for receiving a packet for determining the type of the appliance (response packet receiving means 52, etc.);
Means for storing a definition file defined for each electrical appliance (definition file storage means 53);
Means for scoring by comparing the packet and the definition file for each electrical appliance (scoring means 54);
Means for extracting a definition file having a high score from the scoring means, and setting the electrical appliance information in the definition file as electrical appliance information of the electrical appliance (electric appliance type determining means 55);
Means for transmitting the electrical appliance information to the server in association with the ID of each information processing apparatus or each user who manages the information processing apparatus (type information transmission means 58);
The server is
Means for receiving appliance information associated with the ID and generating a list of belongings listing the appliance information for each ID (possession list generating means 301);
A transmission means (possession list transmission means 302) for transmitting the possession list to a terminal that has requested browsing.

  According to the first aspect of the invention, the information processing apparatus that stores the definition file defined for each electrical appliance receives the packet for determining the type of the electrical appliance, and receives the received packet and the electrical appliance for each electrical appliance. Compare definition files and score. Then, a definition file with a high score is extracted, and the electrical appliance information of the definition file is used as electrical appliance information of the electrical appliance. And electrical appliance information is linked | related with ID for every information processing apparatus or every user who manages information processing apparatus, and transmits to a server. In response to this, for each ID, the server generates a personal belongings list that lists electrical appliance information, and transmits the personal belongings list to the terminal that requested the browsing.

  Therefore, the device identification of the appliance connected to the network is performed without requiring a registration operation from the user, and the user who manages the information processing device or the information processing device is managed based on the appliance information identified by the device. For each ID, a personal belongings list in which electrical appliance information is listed is generated, and the personal belongings list is transmitted to the terminal that requested the browsing.

  The invention according to the first feature exhibits the same operation and effect not only in the system in the category of the invention but also in the method and the program.

  In the invention according to the second feature, in addition to the invention according to the first feature, the means for generating the possession list of the server (the possession list creation means 301) is the basic product information or product advertisement related to the electrical appliance. A system that acquires information and generates a personal belongings list including the basic product information or product advertisement information.

  According to the second aspect of the invention, the means for generating an inventory list of the server acquires basic product information or product advertisement information related to the electrical appliance, and generates an inventory list including the product information. Therefore, it is possible to collectively manage information related to products unique to individual electrical appliances.

  The invention according to the second feature exhibits the same operation and effect not only in the system in the category of the invention but also in the method and the program.

According to a third feature of the present invention, an electrical appliance (electrical appliance 20) and an information processing apparatus (information processing apparatus 50) are connected via a network (local network 2), and the information processing apparatus and a product information providing server (product information) A providing server 300) and a device recognition server (device recognition server 500) connected to each other via a public network (public network 3) (electric appliance type determination system 5),
The information processing apparatus includes:
Packet receiving means (such as response packet receiving means 52) for receiving a packet for determining the type of the electric appliance from the electric appliance;
A type information requesting unit (electrical product type information requesting unit 56) for requesting information on the type of the electrical appliance by transmitting the packet to the device recognition server;
The device recognition server is
Storage means (definition file database 503) for storing a definition file defined for each electric appliance;
In response to a request from the information processing device, the packet and the definition file for each electrical appliance are compared and scored by a scorer (scoring unit 502);
As a result of the scoring means, a definition file having a high score is extracted, and electrical appliance information in the definition file is transmitted to the information processing apparatus as electrical appliance information of the electrical appliance. Type determining means 504),
Further, the information processing device associates the received appliance information with the ID for each information processing device or each user who manages the information processing device, and transmits the information to the product information providing server (type information transmission). Means 58),
The product information providing server is
Means for receiving appliance information associated with the ID and generating a list of belongings listing the appliance information for each ID (possession list generating means 301);
A transmission means (possession list transmission means 302) for transmitting the belonging list to a terminal that has requested browsing.

  Therefore, according to the third aspect of the invention, the information processing apparatus receives a packet for determining the type of the electrical appliance from the electrical appliance, and transmits the packet to the device recognition server. Request information about type. In response to this, the device recognition server stores the definition file defined for each electrical appliance, compares the packet and the definition file for each electrical appliance in response to a request from the information processing device, scores, As a result of the scoring means, a definition file having a high score is extracted, and the appliance information of the definition file is transmitted to the information processing apparatus as appliance information of the appliance. Further, the information processing apparatus transmits the received electrical appliance information to the product information providing server in association with the ID for each information processing apparatus or each user who manages the information processing apparatus. Then, the product information providing server receives the electrical appliance information associated with the ID, generates an inventory list listing the electrical appliance information for each ID, and transmits the inventory list to the terminal that requested the viewing To do.

  Therefore, a user who performs device identification of the appliance connected to the network without requiring a registration operation from the user, and manages each information processing device or the information processing device based on the appliance identification information. For each ID, it is possible to generate a personal belongings list that lists electrical appliance information and send the personal belongings list to the terminal that requested the browsing, but the appliance recognition server determines the electrical appliance type. As a result, it is possible to provide device identification processing in a SaaS (Software as a Service) type.

  The invention according to the third feature exhibits the same operation and effect not only in the system in the category of the invention but also in the method and the program.

  According to the present invention, it is possible to provide an inventory list display system, method, and program capable of generating a list of electrical appliances owned by a user and managing information related to products unique to each electrical appliance. It becomes.

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an inventory list display system 1. FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the information processing apparatus 50, the electrical appliance 20, and the like. FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the type determination / electric appliance information transmission process. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a MAC address. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating an example of the MAC address maker table. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating an example of the MAC address model table. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a port number. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating an example of a port number table. FIG. 9 is a conceptual diagram illustrating an example of a scoring process and a process for determining an electrical appliance. FIG. 10 is a diagram illustrating an example of a screen image displayed on the browsing terminal 10. FIG. 11 is a flowchart of the inventory list generation / transmission process. FIG. 12 is a diagram illustrating an example of the inventory list reference table. FIG. 13 is a diagram illustrating an example of the user information table. FIG. 14 is a diagram illustrating an example of the component appliance table. FIG. 15 is a functional block diagram of the electrical appliance type determination system 5.

  Hereinafter, the best mode for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. This is merely an example, and the technical scope of the present invention is not limited to this.

[First embodiment]: [Overall configuration]
FIG. 1 is a diagram showing an overall configuration of an inventory list display system 1.

  The belonging list display system 1 is a network system including a public line network 3 such as the Internet, and includes an information processing device 50, electrical appliances 20-a, 20-b, 20-c, and a local network 2. Composed. The information processing apparatus 50 is communicably connected to the appliances 20-a, 20-b, and 20-c via the local network 2 such as a wired / wireless LAN. Furthermore, the information processing apparatus 50 is communicably connected to the product information providing server 300 via the public line network 3 such as the Internet.

  An overview of the belongings list display system 1 will be described. The information processing apparatus 50 that stores the definition file defined for each electrical appliance 20 receives the packet for determining the type of the electrical appliance 20, compares the received packet with the definition file for each electrical appliance 20, and scores Turn into. Then, a definition file having a high score is extracted, and the appliance information of the definition file is used as the appliance information of the appliance 20. Then, the appliance information is transmitted to the product information providing server 300 in association with the ID of each information processing device 50 or each user who manages the information processing device 50. In response to this, the product information providing server 300 generates a personal belongings list that lists the electrical appliance information for each ID, and transmits the personal belongings list to the browsing terminals 10-a and 10b that requested the browsing.

  The electrical appliances 20-a, 20-b, and 20-c are electrical appliances that have a network connection function and perform data communication with other electrical appliances, such as a television 20-a, a telephone 20-b, and a computer. In addition to 20-c, mobile phones, portable information terminals, netbook terminals, slate terminals, electronic book terminals, portable music players, audio components, content playback / recording players, printers, telephones, FAX machines, copiers, scanners Not only information appliances such as a machine, MFP (multifunctional peripheral device, multifunction printer), but also white goods such as refrigerators, washing machines, dishwashers, fans, air conditioners, electric stoves, rice cookers, microwave ovens, Also included are electrical lighting, servers, routers, gateways, NAS (Network Attached Storage), and the like.

  These electrical appliances 20-a, 20-b, and 20-c have a function of communicating with the information processing apparatus 50 through a protocol such as TCP / IP via the local network 2. Among the electrical appliances 20-a, 20-b, and 20-c, an output device that is a device that displays content may be included.

[Functions of information processing device, product information providing server, electrical appliance, browsing terminal]
FIG. 2 is a functional block diagram of the information processing apparatus 50, the electrical appliance 20, the product information providing server 300, and the browsing terminal 10.

  The information processing apparatus 50 includes a control unit, a communication unit, and a storage unit, and includes a request packet transmission unit 51, a response packet reception unit 52, a definition file storage unit 53, a scoring unit 54, and an electrical appliance. A type determining unit 55 and a type information transmitting unit 58 are provided.

  The information processing apparatus 50 includes a central processing unit (CPU), a random access memory (RAM), a read only memory (ROM), and the like as a control unit, a wired / wireless compatible communication device as a communication unit, and a storage unit. , Hard disk, SSD (Solid State Drive) or both.

  Each of the above means is realized by a program for realizing this being read into the main memory and executed by the control unit. Note that the information processing apparatus 50 may be a dedicated information device provided with the above means, or may be an information device having other functions such as a personal computer, a television, a router, and a gateway.

  The request packet transmission unit 51 has a function of transmitting a request packet described later, and is realized by a communication unit and a control unit.

  The response packet receiving unit 52 has a function of receiving a response packet, which will be described later, from the electrical appliance 20, and is realized by a communication unit and a control unit.

  The definition file storage unit 53 has a function of storing a definition file described later, and is realized by a storage unit, a memory, and the like.

  The scoring unit 54 has a function of scoring each definition file based on the definition file, and is realized by a control unit, a hard disk, a memory, and the like.

  The appliance type determination means 55 has a function of finally determining the type of appliance, and is realized by a control unit, a hard disk, a memory, and the like.

  The type information transmitting unit 58 has a function of transmitting electrical appliance information in association with an ID to the product information providing server 300, and is realized by a communication unit and a control unit.

  The electrical appliance 20 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and the like as the control unit 21, a wired / wireless compatible communication device as the communication unit 24, and a storage unit 22 includes any one or both of a hard disk and an SSD (Solid State Drive). You may provide the display parts 23, such as a monitor which displays an image. The electrical appliance 20 is assumed to be a computer, but may be a general household electrical appliance or a commercial electrical appliance as long as it has the above-described configuration.

  The product information providing server 300 includes a control unit, a communication unit, and a storage unit, and includes a belongings list generation unit 301 and a belongings list transmission unit 302.

  The product information providing server 300 includes a CPU (Central Processing Unit), a RAM (Random Access Memory), a ROM (Read Only Memory), and the like as a control unit, a wired / wireless compatible communication device as a communication unit, and a storage unit. As a hard disk, SSD (Solid State Drive), or both. That is, the basic functional configuration of the hardware may be the same as that of the information processing apparatus 50 or a Web server.

  The inventory list generating unit 301 has a function of receiving electrical appliance information associated with an ID and generating an inventory list for each ID based on product basic information, product advertisement information, and the like. It is realized by a control unit and a storage unit.

  The personal belongings list transmission unit 302 has a function of transmitting a personal belongings list in response to a request from the browsing terminal 10, and is realized by a communication unit, a control unit, and a storage unit.

  The product information database 305 is a database in which an inventory list reference table, a user information table, a component appliance table, and the like are stored.

  The browsing terminal 10 may be a terminal such as a mobile phone 10-a or a personal computer 10-b that can be accessed by the Web, and may be a browsing terminal that can access the product information providing server 300 and has an output unit. Any of the electrical appliances 20 may be used. That is, if the electric appliance 20 belonging to the home network 2 is provided with an output device, the user is naturally requested to browse the belongings list. It may be an electrical appliance 20, and the inventory list may be browsed from the electrical appliance 20.

[Flow chart of type determination / electric appliance information transmission processing]
FIG. 3 is a flowchart of the type determination / electric appliance information transmission process. First, the request packet transmission unit 51 of the information processing apparatus 50 transmits a request packet to the electrical appliance 20 (step S10).

  The request packet is packet data that the information processing apparatus 50 transmits to the electrical appliance 20 in order to receive a response packet for determining the type of the electrical appliance 20.

  The request packet may be, for example, a command such as ARP (Address Resolution Protocol), ICMP (Internet Control Message Protocol), or SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol), and uPnP (UniversDLD). ) May be a compliant protocol.

  Note that the request packet transmission means 51 may be a mode in which a request packet is periodically transmitted to the electrical appliance 20. That is, the request packet transmission means 51 transmits the request packet every tens of seconds, every few minutes, or every several hours, thereby detecting the appliance 20 connected so as to be communicable at a predetermined timing.

  The electrical appliance information is information regarding electrical appliances, and is information including at least the type of electrical appliance (manufacturer name, device name, device model number, etc. for determining the type of electrical appliance).

  Next, the response packet receiving unit 52 of the information processing apparatus 50 receives a response packet from the predetermined electrical appliance 20 (step S11).

  The response packet is a packet data transmitted from the electrical appliance 20 and is packet data used to determine the type of the electrical appliance 20 or as a clue to determine the type of the electrical appliance 20. In the first embodiment, the response packet is a response packet transmitted from the electrical appliance 20 that has received the request packet transmitted from the information processing apparatus 50. In the third embodiment, a case where the response packet is not a response packet of the request packet will be described.

  Next, the information processing apparatus 50 performs a definition file reference process (step S12). The control unit of the information processing apparatus 50 refers to the definition file stored in the definition file storage unit 53, compares it, and performs the next scoring process (step S13).

  The definition file is data predetermined for each electrical appliance 20 and is necessary for determining the type of the electrical appliance 20. Referring to FIG. 9 to be described later, the definition file (electrical appliance A definition file) is composed of one or more definition items (X5, Y2, Z3). 20 (in this case, electrical appliance A) is determined. The definition item is definition data for determining the type of the electrical appliance 20 with one request packet and response packet.

  Next, the scoring means 54 of the information processing device 50 compares the definition file with the response packet to score (score) (step S13).

  The scoring will be described with reference to FIG. The information processing apparatus 50 transmits one or more request packets (A1, B1, C1), and receives response packets (X5, Y8, Z9) corresponding thereto. The information processing apparatus 50 refers to the definition items stored in the definition file storage unit 53 for each electrical appliance definition file (electrical appliance A definition file, electrical appliance B definition file, electrical appliance C definition file), Compare with response packet.

  For example, a case where an ARP command is transmitted as a request packet and this response is received from an electrical appliance 20 will be described. By transmitting the ARP command to the target electrical appliance 20, a packet including the MAC address information of the target electrical appliance 20 is received as a response packet.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the MAC address is composed of a 48-bit code, the upper 24 bits are assigned as a vendor ID, a vendor-specific ID is given, and the next 8 bits is a model ID.

  The definition file storage means 53 may store a table for configuring a definition file for each electrical appliance. For example, as shown in FIG. 5, as the MAC address manufacturer table, the upper 24 bits code and the manufacturer name of the electrical appliance 20 (not necessarily the vendor name of the manufacturer, the vendor of the entire electrical appliance 20 including the communication unit ( Maker) name), points for scoring, and ID. Furthermore, as shown in FIG. 6, as the MAC address model table, the upper 8 bits code, the model name of the electrical appliance 20, the points for scoring, and the ID are associated with each other.

  By extracting each element of this MAC address maker table and MAC address model table, it becomes a definition item and constitutes a definition file for each electrical appliance 20. For example, ID001 in the MAC address maker table corresponds to X5 (see FIG. 9) (definition item X5) of the appliance A definition file, and ID010 in the MAC address device table corresponds to Y2 (definition item Y2 in the appliance A definition file). )

  In response to the A1 packet transmitted as the request packet, the electrical appliance 20 transmits a response packet (X5). The response packet (X5) is compared with the definition items in the definition file of the electrical appliance A. If they are the same, points are given with reference to each table.

  For example, in the above example, the case where the response packet X5 is a packet including information on the target MAC address and the 48-bit code is “04-A3-43-5F-43-23” will be described. Since the upper 24 bits are the same as the definition item X5 (ID001), 0.3 points are given. Further, in the next 8 bits, since it is the same as the definition item (ID010), 0.3 points are given. Therefore, the electric appliance A definition file can obtain a total of 0.6 points.

  In the above example, one request packet (A1) is scored for two definition items (ID001, ID010) by a response packet (X5). A plurality of definition items may be scored from the packet.

  Next, the information processing apparatus 50 compares the response packet Y8 with Y2 of the appliance A definition file and compares the response packet Z9 with Z3 of the appliance A definition file to obtain each point (FIG. 9). The total score of the electrical appliance A definition file is the sum of all the points thus obtained. This is calculated for all definition files, such as an appliance A definition file, an appliance B definition file, an appliance C definition file,.

  In the above description, the case where the response packet X5 and the definition item X5 are the same has been described.

  As an example of judging by similarity, a mode in which 0.2 points are given if the upper 16 bits of the upper 24 bits of the response packet X5 are the same, and 0.1 points are given if the upper 8 bits are the same (packet) It may be determined by the degree of similarity of the character string. In this way, the point value can be adjusted such that the point is increased when the similarity between the response packet and the definition item is high.

  The information processing apparatus 50 receives a plurality of response packets from the appliance 20 by transmitting a plurality of types of request packets.

  Next, the electrical appliance type determination means 55 of the information processing apparatus 50 determines the electrical appliance information of the electrical appliance 20, thereby determining the type of the electrical appliance 20 (step S14). That is, scoring as described above is performed for all definition files, the obtained scores are compared, and the appliance information of the definition file with the highest score is extracted, thereby determining the type of the appliance 20.

  For example, as described above, the appliance A definition file, the appliance B definition file, the appliance C definition file, and the definition files for all the appliances are calculated, and the appliance with the highest score is obtained. The product definition file is extracted to determine the appliance information of the appliance 20.

  Referring to FIG. 9, for example, since the response packet (X5, Y8, Z9) and X5 of the appliance A definition file (X5, Y2, Z3) are the same, the appliance A definition file has 0.6. Suppose you get points. On the other hand, each definition item (X1, Y7, Z1) of the appliance B definition file is not the same as the response packet (X5, Y8, Z9). Suppose you have 3 points.

  In the appliance C definition file (X5, Y8, Z8), since the response packet (X5, Y8, Z9) and the definition items X5 and Y8 are the same, the appliance A definition file has 0.9 points. Suppose that it was acquired. In this case, among the definition files for the appliances A to C, the definition file for the appliance C is determined to be the highest overall point (0.9 points), and the definition file C is extracted. Is determined to be appliance C.

  As an example, the appliance A definition file is defined as a definition file up to the manufacturer name A company, and the appliance B definition file is added to the manufacturer name A company, and is one of the types of devices (AB-01). Definition file that can be determined up to In this case, when an electrical appliance 20 is manufactured by company A and has the type AB-01, the electrical product B definition file has a higher point than the electrical appliance A definition file. Therefore, the electrical appliance 20 is determined to be the electrical appliance B (AB-01 of company A) that has a high overall score.

  Conversely, if a certain electrical appliance 20 is manufactured by Company A and has the type BC-03, it cannot be determined that it is BC-03 (because the electrical appliance A definition file and the electrical appliance B definition file are It is not an appliance definition file that determines BC-03), but it can be determined by the appliance A definition file until it is made by Company A. Therefore, the device name cannot be determined, but at least the manufacturer name can be determined, and the appliance information can be determined step by step.

  As an example of a determination element for scoring other than the MAC address, an example in which determination is made based on a TCP / IP port will be described with reference to FIGS. The type of the electrical appliance 20 is determined according to the usage status of the port number (well-known port) that is specially used (bound) in the electrical appliance 20.

  As shown in FIG. 7, in the electrical appliance X, it is assumed that the port numbers 5000 and 5002 are in use and the 5001 is not in use. For example, this status is detected by a NETSTAT command. Then, as shown in FIG. 8, the port number table stored in the definition file storage means 53 is referred to, and the port numbers in use (bind) are compared to determine the identity with the definition item of ID100. And give points. Port numbers 5000 and 5002 are in use, and if 5001 is not in use, 0.2 points are given.

  When the NETSTAT command is used, the NETSTAT command may transmit a packet to the partner electrical appliance 20 as a request packet. However, as described in the third embodiment, the information processing apparatus 50 is an electrical appliance. 20, broadcast or multicast packets may be received in advance, and NETSTAT command results may be obtained using these received packets.

  That is, even if the information processing apparatus 50 does not transmit a NETSTAT command serving as a request packet to the electrical appliance 20, a broadcast or multicast packet (port number) transmitted from the electrical appliance 20 that has been received so far. The scoring process described above may be realized based on a packet for notifying the binding state of the above.

  Note that points are assigned not only when the port numbers in the port number table and the binding status are completely the same, but also what percentage of existing ports are in use and what percentage is not in use. The points may be given according to the degree of use (the degree of use is not completely the same but is similar). For example, it is assumed that the usage degree of a port and points are stored in advance as a table. In this case, port numbers 5000 and 5002 are in use, and when port 5001 is not in use, 66% of the ports are in use. Therefore, when 66% of the ports are in use, the processing is such that a predetermined point is given with reference to the table.

  Further, the OS (Operating System) version may be determined and the point may be assigned. For example, as described in the third embodiment, an nbns (Net BIOS Name Server) packet is received as a response packet to be transmitted in broadcast, OS version information is acquired, and the OS is determined based on this. Then, points may be awarded based on the determined version of the OS.

  For example, in the definition file of the electrical appliance AB-01, it is assumed that “if the OS version is“ X type ”is used, 0.5 is added as a point” is registered as a definition item. At this time, if the OS version is determined to be “X type” by the nbns packet, 0.5 is added to the point of the electrical appliance AB-01.

  After determining the type of the electrical appliance 20 (device) (step S14), the type information transmitting unit 58 of the information processing device 50 determines the ID for each information processing device 50 or for each user who manages the information processing device 50. In association with the electrical appliance information, the ID and the electrical appliance information are transmitted to the product information providing server 300 (step S15).

  Here, the ID is stored in advance in the information processing apparatus 50 for each information processing apparatus 50 or for each user who manages the information processing apparatus 50. That is, an ID may be assigned to each device of the information processing device 50 (that is, an ID for each local network 2), or an ID may be assigned as a user ID for each user who manages the ID. These IDs are previously input and stored in the information processing apparatus 50 by the user before the processing up to step S14.

  Next, the product information providing server 300 executes an inventory list generation / transmission process (see FIG. 11). The inventory list generation unit 301 of the product information providing server 300 receives the ID and the electrical appliance information transmitted from the information processing apparatus 50 (step S20), and executes a list generation process (step S21).

  The list generation process is a process of generating a list of appliance information associated with one ID (a belonging list). For example, it is assumed that the appliance information “PC-01” is associated with the ID “JACK”, and the belongings list of the ID “JACK” is “PC-01”. In this case, when the appliance information “IP-10” is newly associated with the ID “JACK” by the processing of steps S10 to S14, the belonging list of the ID “JACK” is “PC-01”. , A list of lists is generated as “IP-10”. This series of processes is a list generation process.

  It should be emphasized that when an ID is assigned to each device of the information processing device 50, the ID becomes an ID for each local network 2, and the belonging list is connected to the local network 2. There will be 20 lists. On the other hand, when an ID is assigned as a user ID for each user who manages this, the appliance 20 is not limited to the local network 2 and may be used in a plurality of local networks. This is a list of items owned by the user, not limited to the above. In this way, even for the same electrical appliance 20, it is possible to generate an inventory list based on the management style desired by the user.

  Next, the inventory list generating unit 301 of the product information providing server 300 executes product basic information acquisition processing (step S22).

  The basic product information is basic information related to product features, functions, maintenance services, and the like, and is, for example, an instruction manual or recall information of the product. Based on the inventory list reference table in FIG. 12, the inventory list generation unit 301 uses the electrical appliance information received from the information processing apparatus 50 as the corresponding basic product information and the data of the instruction manual of the electrical appliance 20. Get the recall information data. Here, the instruction manual data and the recall information data are a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) (usually provided by the manufacturer of the electrical appliance 20) in which each content is described, and text characters or Display contents to be displayed as an image.

  Next, the inventory list generating unit 301 of the product information providing server 300 executes a product advertisement information acquisition process (step S23).

  The product advertisement information is an advertisement related to a product or service related to the product, for example, an advertisement regarding a new version of the product, an advertisement regarding an accessory of the product, and an advertisement information regarding software corresponding to the product. The belongings list generation unit 301 acquires an advertisement form A and an advertisement form B as corresponding product advertisement information from the electrical appliance information received from the information processing apparatus 50 based on the possession list reference table of FIG. Here, the advertisement modes A and B are, for example, advertisement data of a new version of the product, and are composed of a URL (Uniform Resource Locator) in which the details of the advertisement are described and display contents to be displayed in the belongings list Is done.

  Next, the inventory list generating unit 301 of the product information providing server 300 generates an inventory list page for each ID based on the basic product information, the product advertisement information, and the data related to them acquired in the above steps. (Step S24). Here, the related data may be data attached to each piece of appliance information such as image data (images 140 and 145 in FIG. 10) corresponding to the appliance information.

  FIG. 10 is a screen image diagram when browsing the inventory list by accessing the product information providing server 300 from the browsing terminal 10. The browsing terminal 10 accesses the product information providing server 300 from a Web browser or the like, acquires a Web page of the belongings list, and outputs it.

  The personal belongings list Web page includes information 110 regarding ID, electrical appliance information 120 and 125, images 140 and 145, basic product information 150 and 155, and product advertisement information 160 and 165.

  In FIG. 10, the basic product information 150 and 155 are characters displayed in the personal belongings list such as “instruction manual” and “user registration information” (display contents 1 and 2 in FIG. 12). A link to each URL (URL1, URL2) of the product list reference table is embedded.

  On the other hand, the display content of the product advertisement information 160 is “Summer model, PC-02 is scheduled to be released in May 2010” (display content 3 in FIG. 12). A link to URL 3) is embedded.

  Next, the product information providing server 300 transmits the generated personal belongings list web page to the requested browsing terminal 10 (step S25).

  Note that the processes of steps S10 to S15 and steps S20 to S24 may be executed periodically by the information processing apparatus 50 or each time a new electrical appliance 20 is detected. That is, at the time of access from the browsing terminal 10, it is desirable that a web page of the belongings list has already been generated, and when a new electrical appliance 20 is connected to the local network 2, the belongings are each time connected. It is desirable to update the web page of the list.

[Management of warranty period]
Next, with reference to FIG. 13, management of the warranty period using the user information table will be described. The user information table is a table provided for each ID (in this case, ID: “JACK”), and includes electrical appliance information and user registration information. Here, the user registration information includes “registration destination manufacturer URL”, “purchase date”, and “guarantee period” in which user registration of electrical appliance information is performed.

  In general, the electrical appliance 20 is registered for each manufacturer through a Web page based on a URL. The user performs this user registration at the registration maker URL and inputs a “purchase date”. Therefore, the “purchase date” and “guarantee period” may be extracted from the Web page of the registered manufacturer URL and input to the user information table. Further, the “purchase date” and “guarantee period” may be input from the user via the viewing terminal 10 or the information processing apparatus 50.

  The user registration information may include “other information” for each user. For example, information on software installed by the user in the electrical appliance 20, account information related to the electrical appliance 20, Password information and the like may be included.

  For example, in the personal belongings list of FIG. 10, when a user who views the browsing terminal 10 clicks “user registration information” or “warranty card” of basic product information for a predetermined electrical appliance 20, “purchase date” is displayed from the user information table. ”,“ Guarantee period ”, and information such as the Web page of the registration maker URL are extracted and displayed.

  Note that the product information providing server 300 calculates the date when the warranty period ends based on the purchase date and the warranty period, and notifies the user that the warranty period ends for the electrical appliance 20 on this date. You may do. That is, the user's email address, telephone number, etc. are registered in advance in the product information providing server 300, and the date and time when the warranty period ends is notified in advance to the email address.

[Configuration Electrical Appliance Table]
Next, an aspect of acquiring product advertisement information based on a plurality of electrical appliances detected in the local network 2 will be described based on the configuration electrical appliance table of FIG. The component electrical product table is composed of “electric product combination” and “product advertisement information”. The “electric product combination” is a combination of a plurality of pieces of electric appliance information. For the local network 2 in which the electrical product information including these combinations is detected, predetermined product advertisement information is displayed.

  For example, it is assumed that “PC-01”, “IP-01”, and “TV-05” are detected as electrical appliance combinations in the local network 2 having a predetermined ID. In this case, based on the component appliance table, the advertisement of the advertisement mode A is displayed in the belongings list. For example, an advertisement is displayed like the display content 180 in FIG. 10, and the URL 15 is linked to this display content.

  Furthermore, for example, when a specific electrical appliance 20 is not included in the combination of electrical appliances, an advertisement for the electrical appliance 20 that is not included may be displayed. That is, when it is detected that “TV” and “recording medium player” manufactured by Company A are configured as a combination, there is no “audio device”. At this time, “advertisement of audio device manufactured by company A” may be displayed together with a link as predetermined product advertisement information.

[Second Embodiment: Device Recognition Server]
In the first embodiment described above, the information processing apparatus 50 has described the embodiment in which the type of the electrical appliance 20 is determined. However, the present invention is not limited to this. An aspect determined by the device recognition server 500 will be described below as a second embodiment.

  As illustrated in FIG. 15, the electrical appliance type determination system 5 includes an information processing device 50, an electrical appliance 20, and a device recognition server 500. In a preferred embodiment, the electrical appliance 20 and the information processing apparatus 50 are connected to be able to communicate with each other via the local network 2, and the device recognition server 500 and the product information providing server 300 are connected to be able to communicate with each other via the public line network 3. Has been.

  The information processing apparatus 50 includes a request packet transmission unit 51, a response packet reception unit 52, an electrical appliance type information request unit 56, an electrical appliance type information reception unit 57, and a type information transmission unit 58. The hardware configuration of the information processing apparatus 50 is the same as that of the first embodiment. The information processing apparatus 50 can be operated on, for example, a device on which a Java (registered trademark) VM (Java Virtual Machine) and an OSGi (Open Services Gateway Initiative) framework operate.

  The request packet transmission unit 51 has a function of transmitting a request packet to the electrical appliance 20 and is realized by a communication unit and a control unit.

  The response packet receiving unit 52 has a function of receiving a response packet from the electrical appliance 20, and is realized by a communication unit and a control unit.

  The appliance type information request unit 56 has a function of requesting information (electric appliance information) for determining the appliance type from the device recognition server 500, and is realized by a communication unit and a control unit. Specifically, a request packet transmitted from the information processing apparatus 50 to the electrical appliance 20 and a response packet responded by the electrical appliance 20 are transmitted to the device recognition server 500 to request electrical appliance information.

  The appliance type information receiving unit 57 has a function of receiving information (electric appliance information) for determining the appliance type determined by the device recognition server 500, and is realized by a communication unit and a control unit.

  The type information transmission unit 58 has the same function as that of the first embodiment, and transmits electrical appliance information to the product information providing server 300.

  The device recognition server 500 includes a request receiving unit 501 that receives a request from the information processing apparatus 50, a scoring unit 502, a definition file database 503, and an appliance type determination unit 504. The device recognition server 500 is a computer, and the basic configuration of hardware may be the same as that of the information processing apparatus 50.

  The request receiving unit 501 has a function of receiving a request for electrical appliance information from the information processing apparatus 50, and is realized by a control unit and a communication unit. Specifically, a request packet transmitted from the information processing device 50 to the electrical appliance 20 and a response packet to which the electrical appliance 20 responds are received from the information processing device 50, and the scoring unit 502 is prompted to process. .

  The scoring unit 502 has a function of scoring each definition file based on the definition file, and is realized by a control unit and a hard disk. This function is the same as the scoring means 54 of the first embodiment.

  The definition file database (definition file storage means) 503 has a database function for storing a definition file to be described later, and is realized by a control unit and a hard disk. This function is the same as the definition file storage unit of the first embodiment. However, since the definition file database 503 is a dedicated server, the definition file can be handled rather than managed by the information processing apparatus 50. It is possible to increase the amount of data. Note that SQL may be used as the database language.

  The appliance type determination unit 504 has a function of finally determining the type of appliance and transmitting it to the information processing apparatus 50, and is realized by a control unit and a hard disk. This function is different from the electrical appliance type determining means 55 of the first embodiment except for the function of transmitting electrical appliance information, which is information about the finally determined electrical appliance type, to the information processing apparatus 50. It is the same.

  The electrical appliance 20 has the same functional configuration as that of the first embodiment.

  The electrical appliance type determination system 5 configured by the information processing device 50 to which the electrical appliance 20 is communicably connected and the device recognition server 500 that is communicably connected to the information processing device 50 executes the following.

  The information processing apparatus 50 transmits a request packet transmission step for transmitting a predetermined request packet to the electrical appliance 20, and a response packet for determining the type of the electrical appliance 20 from the electrical appliance 20 that transmitted the request packet. The received response packet receiving step and the type information requesting step for requesting information on the type of the electrical appliance 20 by transmitting the response packet to the device recognition server 500 are executed.

  On the other hand, the device recognition server 500 stores the definition file determined for each electrical appliance 20 and the response packet and the definition file for each electrical appliance 20 in response to a request from the information processing apparatus 50. A scoring step for comparing and scoring, a definition file with a high score by the scoring step is extracted, and the appliance information of the definition file is used as the appliance information of the appliance 20, and the appliance information The electrical appliance type determination step for transmitting

  Next, the electrical appliance type information receiving unit 57 of the information processing device 50 receives electrical product information from the device recognition server 500, and the type information transmitting unit 58 of the information processing device 50 is the product as in the first embodiment. The appliance information is transmitted to the information providing server 300, and the product information providing server 300 generates a personal belongings list and makes it visible from the browsing terminal 10 as in the first embodiment. In particular, in the case of the present embodiment, it is possible to provide the SaaS (Software as a Service) type up to the determination of the type of electrical appliance.

  Note that, according to the second embodiment, it is possible to automatically determine the type of appliances connected so as to be communicable (such as a device name that determines the type of appliance) without involving the user. However, since the device recognition server 500 determines the appliance information, even if the definition file is newly updated, only the definition file database 503 of the device recognition server 500 needs to be updated. There is no need to update.

  That is, since at least one information processing device 50 is arranged in the user's home or company, updating the definition files of these individual information processing devices 50 may not be efficient. On the other hand, since the update can be performed by updating only the definition file database 503 of the device recognition server 500, as a result, the management of information for determining the type of the electrical appliance 20 can be unified. It is. Since the definition file is updated every time the type of the electrical appliance 20 increases (every time a new electrical appliance 20 is released), the convenience is greatly enhanced by unification.

[Third embodiment: embodiment of passive packet]
In the third embodiment, the information processing apparatus 50 does not transmit the request packet to the electrical appliance 20 (the information processing apparatus 50 does not include the request packet transmission unit 51), and the type determination process (steps S11 to S14). It is embodiment which performs.

  That is, the broadcast packet and the multicast packet (passive packet) transmitted from the electrical appliance 20 to the information processing apparatus 50 at a predetermined timing are processed as (response) packets.

  When determining the type of the electrical appliance 20, the information processing apparatus 50 receives a broadcast or multicast packet from the electrical appliance 20 without transmitting a request packet to the electrical appliance 20, and based on these packets Then, the scoring process is performed with reference to the definition file to determine the type of the electrical appliance 20 (steps S12 to S14 of the type determination process in FIG. 3).

  A broadcast packet is a data packet that is simultaneously transmitted to all terminals on the network. A multicast packet is a data packet that is transmitted to a plurality of predetermined terminals on the network simultaneously, but not to all terminals, like a broadcast packet.

  For example, an nbns packet that is a passive packet is received, OS version information is acquired, an OS is determined based on the OS version information, and points may be awarded based on the determined OS version. For example, in the definition file of the electrical appliance AB-01, it is assumed that “if the OS version is“ X type ”is used, 0.5 is added as a point” is registered as a definition item. At this time, if the OS version is determined to be “X type” by the nbns packet, 0.5 is added to the point of the electrical appliance AB-01.

  Note that the information processing apparatus 50 may determine the appliance 20 based on the total score obtained by receiving a plurality of types of broadcast or multicast packets and scoring them individually.

  The information processing device 50 transmits a request packet, receives a response packet to the request packet, and performs a scoring process, and a result of receiving a broadcast or multicast packet and performing a scoring process in combination The type of the electrical appliance 20 may be determined.

  Similarly, when the device recognition server 500 determines the type of the electrical appliance 20, the information processing apparatus 50 receives a broadcast or multicast packet from the electrical appliance 20 without transmitting a request packet to the electrical appliance 20. Based on these packets, the device recognition server 500 may perform scoring processing to determine the type of the appliance 20.

[Auxiliary input from user]
According to the above-described embodiment, the type of the electrical appliance 20 is determined by the information processing apparatus 50 or the device recognition server 500. However, the type is determined based on this data after receiving auxiliary data input from the user. May be. For example, when the user recognizes data related to the electrical appliance 20 (for example, a manufacturer name), the information processing apparatus 50 or the device recognition server 500 accepts the data related to the electrical appliance 20 and scores this data and the score. The type of electrical appliance is determined based on the result. That is, the information processing apparatus 50 or the device recognition server 500 determines, for example, the manufacturer name based on the input data from the user before scoring, refers only to the definition file related to the determined manufacturer name, and other manufacturers. Determine the type without referring to the definition file that contains the name.

  Here, the input of the manufacturer name may be text input by the user to any of the electrical appliance 20, the information processing apparatus 50, or the device recognition server 500, or character recognition is performed from an image taken with a digital camera. The manufacturer name may be extracted from the data and the manufacturer name data may be used. That is, the information processing apparatus 50 or the device recognition server 500 receives an input of an image taken with a digital camera, performs character recognition on the image, and extracts information about the appliance 20 as text characters. The extracted text characters are used as input data.

  Here, although it is possible to determine up to the manufacturer name of the electrical appliance 20, it may be possible to determine in stages rather than final classification such that the device name of the electrical appliance 20 cannot be determined. In order to deal with such a case, for example, “The manufacturer name could be determined with ○ ×, but the device name is unknown, so please enter the device name.” You may display a wizard to ask. In other words, when the manufacturer name can be determined but the device name cannot be determined, this question message is displayed. Here, the content of the question is not limited to the device name, but may ask the type of the electrical appliance 20 (digital television, recording medium playback recorder, etc.), and the size, color, and shape of the electrical appliance 20 that is assumed. You may ask. In this case, the electrical appliance 20 is stored in advance in association with the size, color, shape, and the like, and by obtaining a response to these, the device name or the like can be identified. When making an inquiry, a plurality of icons (images) of the electrical appliances 20 as candidates to be determined may be displayed and a selection of an icon may be received from the user.

  The input data is not limited to the manufacturer name described above, but may be a product name, logo mark, house mark, model name, or the like. In this case, it is assumed that a product name, a logo mark, a house mark, a model name, and the like to be used constitute a definition item and are stored in advance as a definition file. Conversely, data input from the user may be stored as definition items and used to update a database such as a definition file.

  As a result, by receiving the auxiliary information of the electrical appliance 20 from the user in this way, it is possible to shorten the processing time for determining the type and determine an appropriate type.

[HTTP packet capture]
When the information processing apparatus 50 is a router, the access is performed via the information processing apparatus 50 when the electrical appliance 20 connects to an external network such as a public line (Internet). Therefore, the information processing apparatus 50 may acquire (capture) a request packet from the electrical appliance 20 to the external network and analyze the packet to determine the type of the electrical appliance 20. That is, when the electrical appliance 20 serving as the client terminal performs communication by transmitting an HTTP (Hyper Text Transfer Protocol) request packet, all or a part of the packet from the first request packet to the end of communication is received. You may utilize for the determination of the classification of the electric appliance 20. FIG.

  For example, when the electrical appliance 20 is a digital television, there may be a difference in contents that can be browsed and reproduced depending on the type of the digital television. The digital TV A has a Web page browsing function, a video playback function, and a rental video playback function, whereas the digital TV B has only a Web page browsing function. Therefore, when the electrical appliance 20 transmits a playback request packet of the video playback function and the information processing apparatus 50 captures the packet, the electrical appliance 20 determines that it is not the digital television B but the digital television A. . As described above, the type of the electrical appliance 20 may be determined according to the type of the requested packet according to the difference in the reproducible content.

[Other information that can be used to determine the type]
In determining the type of the electrical appliance 20, it is also possible to determine the type of the electrical appliance 20 by classifying the types of DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) clients.
It is also possible to use information as to whether or not the appliance 20 is compatible with IPv6 (Internet Protocol Version 6).
Communication between the appliances 20 in the network may be established by using a manufacturer-specific protocol. For example, when a NAS (Network Attached Storage) and a personal computer are connected to a network (such as a LAN), the personal computer may detect the NAS and transmit a packet unique to the manufacturer. In this case, the information processing apparatus 50 may acquire a manufacturer-specific packet and determine the type.
The type of the electrical appliance 20 may be determined based on the power consumption waveform formed as a time series graph of the power consumption of each electrical appliance 20. That is, since the waveform of power consumption differs depending on the type of the electrical appliance 20, the electrical power consumption 20 for each electrical appliance 20 is stored in advance, and the electrical appliance 20 is determined by comparing with the stored waveform. May be.

  The means and functions described above are realized by a computer (including a CPU, an information processing device, and various terminals) reading and executing a predetermined application program. The application program is provided in a form recorded on a computer-readable recording medium such as a flexible disk, CD (CD-ROM, etc.), DVD (DVD-ROM, DVD-RAM, etc.), for example. In this case, the computer reads the application program from the recording medium, transfers it to the internal storage device or the external storage device, stores it, and executes it. The program may be recorded in advance in a storage device (recording medium) such as a magnetic disk, an optical disk, or a magneto-optical disk, and provided from the storage device to a computer via a communication line.

  As mentioned above, although embodiment of this invention was described, this invention is not limited to these embodiment mentioned above. The effects described in the embodiments of the present invention are only the most preferable effects resulting from the present invention, and the effects of the present invention are limited to those described in the embodiments of the present invention. is not.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Personal belongings list display system, 10 browsing terminal, 20 electrical appliance, 50 information processing apparatus, 300 product information provision server, 500 apparatus recognition server

Claims (6)

An electrical appliance and an information processing apparatus are connected via a network, and the information processing apparatus and the server are connected via a public network,
The information processing apparatus is
Means for receiving a packet for determining the type of the appliance;
Means for storing a definition file defined for each electric appliance;
Means for comparing and scoring the definition file for each packet and the appliance;
Means for extracting a definition file having a high score of the means for scoring, and making the appliance information of the definition file the appliance information of the appliance;
Means for transmitting the electrical appliance information to the server in association with an ID for each information processing device or for each user who manages the information processing device,
The server is
Means for receiving electrical appliance information associated with the ID and generating a personal belongings list in which the electrical appliance information is listed for each ID;
A transmission means for transmitting the personal belongings list to a terminal that has requested browsing.   The means for generating an inventory list of the server acquires basic product information or product advertisement information about the electrical appliance, and generates an inventory list including the basic product information or product advertisement information. system. A method executed by a system in which an electrical appliance and an information processing apparatus are connected via a network, and the information processing apparatus and the server are connected via a public network,
The information processing apparatus is
Receiving a packet for determining the type of the appliance;
Storing a definition file defined for each electrical appliance;
Comparing the packet and the definition file for each appliance and scoring;
Extracting a definition file having a high score in the step of scoring, and setting the appliance information of the definition file as appliance information of the appliance;
Transmitting the electrical appliance information to the server in association with the ID of each information processing device or each user who manages the information processing device,
The server is
Receiving electrical appliance information associated with the ID, and generating a belongings list that lists the electrical appliance information for each ID;
Transmitting the personal belongings list to a terminal that has requested browsing. A system program executed by a system in which an electrical appliance and an information processing device are connected via a network, and the information processing device and the server are connected via a public network,
In the information processing apparatus,
Receiving a packet for determining the type of the appliance;
Storing a definition file defined for each electrical appliance;
Comparing the packet and the definition file for each appliance, and scoring;
Extracting a definition file having a high score in the step of scoring, and setting appliance information of the definition file as appliance information of the appliance;
A program for an information processing device for executing the step of transmitting the electrical appliance information to the server in association with an ID for each information processing device or for each user who manages the information processing device;
To the server,
Receiving electrical appliance information associated with the ID, and generating a belongings list that lists the electrical appliance information for each ID;
A server program for executing the step of transmitting the personal belongings list to a terminal that has requested browsing. An electrical appliance and an information processing device are connected by a network, and the information processing device, the product information providing server, and the device recognition server are connected to each other via a public network,
The information processing apparatus includes:
Packet receiving means for receiving a packet for determining the type of the electrical appliance from the electrical appliance;
Type information requesting means for requesting information on the type of the electrical appliance by transmitting the packet to the device recognition server,
The device recognition server is
Storage means for storing a definition file defined for each electrical appliance;
In response to a request from the information processing device, the packet and the definition file for each appliance are compared and scored,
As a result of the scoring means, a definition file with a high score is extracted, and electrical appliance information of the definition file is transmitted to the information processing apparatus as electrical appliance information of the electrical appliance. Prepared,
Further, the information processing apparatus includes means for transmitting the received electrical appliance information to the product information providing server in association with an ID for each information processing apparatus or for each user who manages the information processing apparatus. ,
The product information providing server is
Means for receiving electrical appliance information associated with the ID and generating a personal belongings list in which the electrical appliance information is listed for each ID;
A transmission means for transmitting the personal belongings list to a terminal that has requested browsing. A method executed by a system in which an electrical appliance and an information processing device are connected via a network, and the information processing device, the product information providing server, and the device recognition server are connected to each other via a public network,
The information processing apparatus is
Receiving from the appliance a packet for determining the type of the appliance;
Sending the packet to the device recognition server to request information about the type of appliance,
The device recognition server is
Storing a definition file defined for each electrical appliance;
In response to a request from the information processing apparatus, the packet and the definition file for each appliance are compared and scored;
As a result of the scoring step, a definition file having a high score is extracted, and electrical appliance information of the definition file is transmitted to the information processing apparatus as electrical appliance information of the electrical appliance.
Further, the information processing device transmits the received appliance information to the product information providing server in association with the ID of each information processing device or each user who manages the information processing device. And
The product information providing server is
Receiving electrical appliance information associated with the ID, and generating a belongings list that lists the electrical appliance information for each ID;
Transmitting the personal belongings list to a terminal that has requested browsing.

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