JP2012080482A - Server, terminal, equipment, and association method and association program for the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To solve the problem in which: a mobile terminal is associated with equipment via a server based on equipment identifying information and input operation by a user; and when there are a plurality of television sets at home and when association between the mobile terminal and the television set having the nearest distance from the mobile terminal among the television sets is performed only by positional information, identifying the nearest equipment fails depending on a method of acquiring position information.SOLUTION: A sever 101 confirms positional information of a mobile terminal 103, living room equipment 106, bedroom equipment 107 and other district equipment 109 to identify equipment within the same region as the mobile terminal 103. Thereafter the server determines an operation command in consideration of the status of the identified equipment, instructs the identified equipment to wait for a command and notifies the mobile terminal of a command which is presented to a user. The mobile terminal presents the command to the user, and the equipment in a waiting state for a command notifies the server of the acceptance upon receiving a correct command from the user, thereby associating the mobile terminal with the identified equipment via the server.

Description

  The present invention relates to a technology for realizing communication between a terminal and a device by associating a server between a mobile terminal and a stationary device via a communication network.

  In recent years, with the increase in mobile phones and tablet terminals that can be connected to the Internet, TV viewing styles in the living room have changed. Specifically, viewing while viewing a broadcast program on TV, searching for information related to the program on a mobile phone at hand, exchanging information about the contents of the TV program with an acquaintance, etc. The style is becoming common.

  It is considered that various applications and services in which the TV and the mobile terminal cooperate with each other in accordance with such a change in viewing style can contribute to improvement of user convenience.

  For example, an application in which the viewing state of a TV program is grasped by a server and content related to the program is presented to a mobile terminal at an appropriate timing can be considered, but such an application or service is realized. In order to proceed, it is important that the TV and the mobile terminal can be easily associated and linked without forcing the user to perform complicated operations.

  Here, as a method of associating a mobile terminal, a TV, and a server, for example, there is a method disclosed in Patent Document 1, and a system disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a computer client corresponding to a TV, a portable controller ( The portable terminal) is connected to the control center (server), the positioning unit has the function of designating the spatial position and designating the floor, room or area in the residence, connected to the computer client and the portable controller, Determine the current location of the portable controller, control other system components in a particular neighborhood, select the output component via the GUI that appears on the portable controller, and associate the server, portable controller and TV It is a system to make it. In the case of such a system, when a positioning unit is required from what is necessary to specify the position of a mobile terminal or a client, the association cannot be performed in an environment where such a unit is not installed in advance. .

  As a method of linking with a nearby device without using a positioning unit, there is a method using a proximity wireless provided in a mobile terminal or a device, which is disclosed in Patent Document 2, for example.

  In Patent Document 2, a public display device 101 installed on a street is connected to a network at high speed, and wireless communication can be performed with a portable device 103 at a short distance using infrared rays. The portable device 103 is a public display device 101. Is obtained by wireless communication, and is transmitted to the gateway server 104 together with the network address of the portable device 103.

  In the case of such a system, since it is necessary to have the same kind of proximity communication device in the mobile terminal and the device, there is a high possibility that the combination of the terminal and the device that can be associated is limited.

  In addition, as a device association method that does not use a proximity wireless device, for example, there is a method disclosed in Patent Document 3.

  In the system disclosed in Patent Document 3, when the information providing device 4 receives a request from a mobile phone, the information providing device 4 acquires transmission terminal location information provided by the mobile phone network and recognizes the reception time. The information providing device 4 linked with the management center device 3 is based on the transmitting terminal location information of the mobile phone that sent the request, and the owner of the mobile phone is one of the 100 public display terminals 1a, 1b,. Identify the terminal at which the station is installed because it is the display terminal that is closest to the location of the mobile phone, and which advertising program is displayed on the specific terminal shortly before the received time. It is identified whether it has been broadcast, and WWW document data associated with the specific program is delivered to the mobile phone as a response.

Special table 2007-517313 JP 2003-22227 A JP 2003-309655 A

  However, in a general home, an environment is assumed in which a TV exists in the living room and another TV is also in the adjacent room. In such an environment, when trying to associate a mobile terminal and a TV at the closest distance from the mobile terminal without using a proximity wireless device using only position information, it is necessary to identify the position with an accuracy of several meters, Depending on the method of acquiring position information, it is not possible to specify a device at a close distance.

  That is, in the method for identifying a mobile terminal or a device to be associated using position information of the device, when there are a plurality of target devices around the mobile terminal, the device to be associated is selected from the target devices. It was necessary to identify complicated operations without forcing them.

  In order to solve the above problems, a server according to the present invention is a server that communicates with a terminal and a plurality of devices, the device information storing unit storing device information of the plurality of devices, and received from the terminal A candidate device determination unit that determines a device having device information related to terminal information as a candidate device, an operation command transmission unit that transmits an operation command to the terminal, and a standby instruction transmission that transmits an operation command standby instruction to the candidate device And a pairing destination notification transmitting unit that transmits pairing information for identifying a device that has transmitted the operation command input notification to the terminal when receiving an operation command input notification from one of the candidate devices. It is characterized by that.

  The terminal of the present invention is a terminal that communicates with a server and a plurality of devices, a terminal information transmission unit that transmits terminal information to the server, and an operation command acquisition that presents an operation command received from the server And a device communication unit that communicates with one of the plurality of devices based on the pairing information received from the server.

  The device of the present invention is a device that communicates with a server and a terminal, a device information transmitting unit that transmits device information to the server, and a standby instruction receiving unit that receives an operation command standby instruction from the server; An operation command determination unit that transmits an operation command input notification to the server when the operation command is input, and a terminal communication unit that communicates with the terminal based on pairing information received from the terminal It is characterized by that.

  Further, the associating method of the present invention is an associating method for associating a terminal with one of a plurality of devices, a device information storing step for storing device information of the plurality of devices, and from the terminal A candidate device determining step for determining a device having device information related to the received terminal information as a candidate device, an operation command transmitting step for transmitting an operation command to the terminal, and a standby for transmitting an operation command standby instruction to the candidate device An instruction transmission step, and upon receiving an operation command input notification from one of the candidate devices, a pairing destination notification transmission step of transmitting to the terminal pairing information for identifying a device that has transmitted the operation command input notification; It is comprised from these, It is characterized by the above-mentioned.

  Further, the associating program of the present invention is an associating program for associating a terminal with one of a plurality of devices, a computer, device information storing means for storing device information of the plurality of devices, Candidate device determining means for determining a device having device information related to the terminal information received from the terminal as a candidate device, an operation command transmitting means for transmitting an operation command to the terminal, and an operation command standby instruction to the candidate device When receiving an operation command input notification from one of the candidate devices and a standby instruction transmission means for transmitting, pairing destination notification transmission for transmitting to the terminal pairing information for identifying the device that has transmitted the operation command input notification It is characterized by operating as a means.

  As described above, according to the present invention, even when there are a plurality of target devices around the mobile terminal, it is possible to perform communication by associating the TV desired by the user with the mobile terminal. It is possible to contribute to the realization of an application that cooperates with servers on the Internet.

The block diagram which shows the structure of the pegging system of Embodiment 1 of this invention. The sequence diagram which shows operation | movement of a mobile terminal and an apparatus contained in the tied system of Embodiment 1 of this invention FIG. 3 is a data configuration diagram of device information stored in the server according to the first embodiment of the present invention. Data configuration diagram of pairing information stored in the server according to the first embodiment of the present invention The figure which shows the example of a screen display of the mobile terminal of Embodiment 1 of this invention.

  EMBODIMENT OF THE INVENTION Below, the form for implementing this invention is demonstrated, referring drawings. Hereinafter, parts having the same functions as those of the conventional example are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof is omitted.

(Embodiment 1)
Below, the structure and operation | movement of the tied system of this Embodiment 1 are demonstrated in detail.

  First, the configuration of the tying system according to the first embodiment will be described with reference to FIG.

  The tying system according to the first embodiment can be connected to the Internet 100 via the server 101 connected to the Internet 100, the mobile terminal 103 that can be connected to the Internet 100 via the mobile base station 102, and the router 104. A LAN 105, a living device 106 and a bedroom device 107 connected to the LAN 105, and another area terminal 109 that can be connected to the Internet 100 via a router 108, and the server 101 is a mobile terminal 103, a living device 106, a bedroom After confirming the position information of the device 107 and the other area device 109 and specifying a device at the same position as the mobile terminal 103, an operation command is determined in consideration of the state of the specified device, and command waiting is performed for the specified device. Instruct the mobile terminal 103 to The mobile terminal 103 presents the command to the user, and when the device receiving the command standby instruction receives the correct command from the user, the mobile terminal 103 notifies the server 101 that the device has received the command. This is a system for associating a device with a server 101.

  When the server 101 receives from the mobile terminal 103 a device information storage unit 110 that records location information of each device and a pairing processing request for identifying a nearby device and performing pairing, the server 101 stores the information in the device information storage unit 110. A candidate device determination unit 112 that identifies a device that is a pairing candidate using the position information that has been paired, and a pairing information storage unit that associates and holds the terminal ID of the paired mobile terminal 103 and the device ID of the device 111, a device status inquiry unit 113 that checks the status of the pairing candidate device determined by the candidate device determination unit 112, an operation command generation unit 114 that generates an operation command based on the device status, and an operation on the candidate device A standby instruction transmission unit 115 for transmitting a command standby instruction, and an operation for transmitting an operation command presentation request to the mobile terminal 103 A command transmission unit 116, a notification from a device to which an operation command is input, a target device identification unit 117 that identifies a device to be paired, and a mobile terminal 103 that notifies the mobile terminal 103 of information related to the pairing target device. A pairing destination notification transmission unit 118.

  Here, the living device 106, bedroom device 107, and other area device 109 are stationary TVs, and the mobile terminal 103 is a mobile phone.

  A data configuration in the device information storage unit 110 is shown in FIG. The data structure includes a device ID portion 301, a device position information portion 302, and a device address information portion 303 for performing communication with the device. In this embodiment, the source IP address is used as the address information.

  Here, the position information is information indicating the geographical position of the device, for example, information including longitude and latitude. The accuracy of the position information may be such that a device located in several tens of meters can be confirmed.

  A data structure in the pairing information storage unit 111 is shown in FIG. The data structure includes a session number portion 401, a request terminal ID portion 402 for specifying a terminal that has requested pairing processing, a candidate device ID portion 403 indicating a pairing target device candidate, an operation command portion 404, It comprises a standby time portion 405 and a target device ID portion 406 that is an ID of a device determined as a pairing target device from among candidate devices.

  Here, the session number is a number for session management to distinguish the pairing process when multiple pairing processes are performed in parallel, and the operation command is entered by the user for the device to be paired The standby time is a time-out time for processing to wait for the standby state of the device.

  The standby instruction transmitted by the standby instruction transmission unit 115 includes an operation command that the device waits for, a standby time, and a session number.

  The operation command presentation request transmitted by the operation command transmission unit 116 includes an operation command, a standby time, and a session number.

  The mobile terminal 103 acquires a terminal ID storage unit 119 that stores a terminal ID for identifying a terminal, a location information detection unit 120 that detects location information of the mobile terminal 103, and an operation command from the server 101 to the user. An operation command acquisition / presentation unit 121 to be presented, and a pairing information storage unit 122 for storing the ID of the paired device.

  Here, the position information detection unit 120 detects information on longitude and latitude using GPS.

  The living device 106 includes a device ID storage unit 123 that stores a device ID for specifying a device, a location information storage unit 124 that stores address information of a location where the device is installed, and a status inquiry from the server 101. A device status response unit 125 that responds to the device status, a standby instruction receiving unit 126 that receives a standby instruction from the server 101, and a command input by the user are determined and included in the standby instruction. The operation command determination unit 127 determines whether the operation command matches, and the pairing information storage unit 128 stores the ID of the paired device.

  Here, the address information of the device held by the position information holding unit 124 is address information input by the user in advance.

  The bedroom device 107 is a device having the same configuration as the living device 106 (illustration of the internal configuration of the bedroom device 107 is omitted), and has the same address information as the living device 106.

  The other area device 109 is a device having the same configuration as the living device 106 (illustration of the internal configuration of the other area device 109 is omitted), and has different address information from the living device 106.

  Next, the operation of the tying system according to the first embodiment will be described.

  FIG. 2 shows an operation and a communication sequence of the tying system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  In this embodiment, it is assumed that a user (not shown) has a living device 106 and a bedroom device 107 installed in the user's home. Further, it is assumed that the user carries the mobile terminal 103 and is in a position geographically separated from the user's home.

  The mobile terminal 103 holds “MID1” as the terminal ID in the terminal ID storage unit 119, the living device 106 holds “TID1” as the device ID in the device ID storage unit 123, and the bedroom device 107 stores the device ID storage unit (FIG. It is assumed that “TID2” is held as a device ID in the device ID (not shown), and the other area device 109 holds “TID9” as a device ID in a device ID storage unit (not shown).

  The living device 106 holds “Kadoma City XX town XX number YY” in the location information holding unit 124 as address information, and the bedroom device 107 holds “ Osaka area Kadoma city XX town XX number YY ”, and other area device 109 holds“ Osaka city Osaka city AA number BB ”as address information in the position information holding unit (not shown). To do.

  The living device 106 includes a device ID “TID1”, address information “Kadoma City XX Town YX No. XX No. YY” in Osaka Prefecture, and address information for performing communication from the server 101 to the living device 106. Based on the address information, the server 101 converts the device information registration request into position information of the position where the living device 106 is installed, and stores it in the device information storage unit 110 together with the device ID (S201). In the case of this embodiment, “Kadoma City XX Town XX No. YY” in Osaka Prefecture is converted to “E135 ° 35′53.90: N34 ° 44′20.50” and held.

  The bedroom device 107 includes a device ID “TID2” and address information “Kadoma City XX town XX number YY” and address information for performing communication from the server 101 to the bedroom device 107 to the server 101. Based on the address information, the server 101 converts the device information registration request into position information of the position where the bedroom device 107 is installed, and stores it in the device information storage unit 110 together with the device ID (S202). In the case of this embodiment, “Kadoma City XX Town XX No. YY” in Osaka Prefecture is converted to “E135 ° 35′53.90: N34 ° 44′20.50” and held.

  The other area device 109 includes a device ID “TID9”, address information “AOS No. BB, Osaka Prefecture” and address information for communicating from the server 101 to the other area device 109 to the server 101. The information registration request is sent, and the server 101 converts the location information of the location where the other area device 109 is installed based on the address information, and stores it in the device information storage unit 110 together with the device ID (S203). In the case of this embodiment, “Osaka City Osaka City AA No. BB” is converted to “E135 ° 30′10.40: N34 ° 41′74.10” and held.

  Data in the device information storage unit 110 after storing the device information of the living device 106, the bedroom device 107, and the other area device 109 is shown in data entries 304, 305, and 306 in FIG.

  Next, the user moves from a geographically distant location to the user's home where the living device 106 and the bedroom device 107 are installed (S204).

  Then, when the user operates the mobile terminal 103 to instruct the mobile terminal 103 to “pair to a nearby device” (S205), the mobile terminal 103 instructs the server 101 to use the device ID “MID1”. And a pairing processing request including the current position information “E135 ° 35′53.90: N34 ° 44′20.50” detected by the position information detection unit 120 (S206).

  Upon receiving the pairing processing request, the server 101 generates “SNO1” as the session number, generates pairing information together with the terminal ID “MID1” of the mobile terminal 103, and stores it in the pairing information storage unit 111 (S207).

  When the server 101 receives the pairing processing request, the candidate device determination unit 112 of the server 101 compares the position information included in the pairing processing request with the device position information 302 included in the device information storage unit 110 to determine the device A device with matching position information is identified as a candidate device (S208). As a result, pairing processing can be performed only for devices with the same position information, so the processing load can be reduced compared to the case where all devices registered in the server are targeted. In other words, it is possible to prevent a device that is not physically close to the user from being paired by mistake. Here, the living device 106 and the bedroom device 107 are determined as candidate devices.

  In the process of specifying the candidate device performed by the candidate device determination unit 112 described above, a device having device position information in the vicinity of the position information included in the pairing process request may be specified as a candidate device. It is not limited to specifying only devices having device position information that completely matches the position information included in the request as candidate devices.

  The server 101 inquires of the living device 106 and the bedroom device 107 determined as candidate devices about the device state, and the living device 106 and the bedroom device 107 respond with the respective device states (S209). Here, it is assumed that both the living device 106 and the bedroom device 107 are in a standby state (connected to an outlet but powered off).

  The server 101 generates an operation command based on the device status acquired from the candidate device (S210). By providing this operation command, it is possible to identify a device from a plurality of devices existing at the same device position, and to confirm that the device is in a position that can be operated by the user. Use avoidance can be realized.

  Furthermore, in order to generate an operation command according to the usage status of a plurality of devices at the time of pairing, for example, some of the devices are operating in a power-on state and other devices are in a standby state. If the power button is simply pressed for a short time, the power of the device will be turned on or off. Therefore, by pressing and holding the power button for 3 seconds, a common operation command is generated regardless of the power state. It is possible. Also, for example, if you are watching a broadcast program on a device, simply pressing a channel button other than the one you are viewing will switch the channel. Pairing processing can be performed without disturbing the user who is viewing on the device.

  Here, based on the fact that both the living device 106 and the bedroom device 107 are in a standby state, the operation command is “press the power button while pressing the enter key on the remote control”.

  The server 101 sends a standby instruction including the operation command, the standby time, and the session number “SNO1” to the living device 106 and the bedroom device 107 (S211). Here, by setting the standby time, the standby state can be canceled without sending a standby cancellation instruction from the server 101 to the device that has not been paired after the standby time has elapsed. The amount of communication can be reduced. Here, it is assumed that “60 seconds” is designated as the standby time.

  The server 101 sends an operation command presentation request including the operation command and the session number “SNO1” to the mobile terminal 103 (S212).

  Upon receiving the operation command presentation request, the mobile terminal 103 presents an operation command using a display screen (configuration not shown) (S213). FIG. 5 shows an example when the operation command is presented on the screen.

  The user inputs an operation command to the living device 106 according to the screen display of the mobile terminal 103 (S214). Here, the user presses the power button while pressing the enter key on the remote control of the living device 106 with respect to the living device 106.

  The living device 106 determines whether the command input from the user matches the operation command included in the standby instruction (S215). As a result, it is possible to avoid erroneous pairing due to an appropriate operation performed by a person other than the user who desires pairing during the standby time. Here, it is assumed that an input that matches the operation command is made during the standby time.

  The living device 106 sends an operation command input notification including the session number “SNO1” and the device ID “TID1” to the server 101 (S216).

  Upon receiving the operation command input notification, the server 101 confirms the session number “SNO1” and the device ID “TID1” included in the operation command input notification, identifies the pairing target device as the living device 106, and sets the mobile terminal The terminal ID “MID1” of 103 and the device ID “TID1” of the living device are associated and stored as pairing information (S217). Here, the terminal ID “MID1” of the mobile terminal 103 and the device ID “TID1” of the living device 106 are stored in association with each other. Data in the pairing information storage unit 111 at this time is shown in a data entry 407 in FIG.

  The server 101 transmits a pairing destination notification including the session number “SNO1”, the device ID “TID1” of the living device 106, and the address information of the living device 106 to the mobile terminal 103 (S218). 103 transmits a pairing notification including the session number “SNO1”, the terminal ID “MID1” of the mobile terminal 103, and the address information of the mobile terminal 103 to the living device 106 (S219). Thereby, mutual communication between the paired mobile terminal 103 and the living device 106 can be performed.

  In this embodiment, the address information is used as the information indicating the position where the device exists. However, the present invention is not limited to this. The postal code is used as the device position information, or the device itself is equipped with a GPS function. Alternatively, GPS information may be acquired by wired connection or wireless connection with another device equipped with a GPS function.

  In the present embodiment, the device is a TV, but any device having a communication function may be used, and the present invention is not limited to this. For example, an HDD recorder, a PC, a music player, an air conditioner, and the like. May be.

  In this embodiment, the device is a stationary type, but it may be a portable type. In this case, the device position information held by the server is updated in real time or in a short period of time as the device moves. Has the same effect.

  Note that the operation command is “press the power button while pressing the remote control key”, but consider the status of each device (for example, an operation command that does not include channel button press or power button press while watching a program) ) And within a range that cannot be input by normal TV operations of other users during the standby period.

  Further, instead of inputting an operation command, the user may be requested to input a passphrase such as a numeric string or a character string. In this case, a “pairing pass input” menu may be provided on the TV side to input the pass phrase displayed on the mobile terminal.

  The position information detection unit 120 detects the longitude and latitude information by GPS, but is not limited thereto, and may be a zip code.

  The device determines whether the command input to the device matches the operation command. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the server side may determine. As a result, the processing load on the device can be reduced.

  Note that the mobile terminal may store the location information of the user's home in advance, and if it matches geographically with the user's home, automatic pairing may be performed by automatically transmitting a pairing processing request to the server.

  When presenting an operation command to the user on the mobile terminal, if there are communication means common to the mobile terminal and the TV (infrared, Bluetooth (registered trademark), wireless LAN, etc.), the mobile terminal is connected to the TV remote control. It may be possible to use as, and is not intended to limit this. In this case, it is only necessary to operate the TV with the mobile terminal at hand, and it is not necessary to switch to the TV remote control.

  In the present embodiment, the position of the mobile terminal is used as information for determining a candidate device for checking the device status or waiting for an operation command from the devices storing device information in the device information storage unit 110. Although information and device location information of devices are used, the information for selecting candidate devices is not necessarily limited to location information. For example, each device can be used as information associated with a device stored in the device information storage unit 110. The phone number of the mobile terminal owned by the owning user is stored, and when the pairing processing request is made (S206), the mobile terminal sends the mobile terminal's own phone number together and the server receives it from the mobile terminal. The candidate device may be determined by matching the phone number of the mobile terminal with the phone number associated with the device. Further, for example, as the information associated with the device to be stored in the device information storage unit 110, a user ID indicating each user who owns each device is stored, and is stored in the mobile terminal at the time of the pairing processing request (S206). The server may determine the candidate device by matching the user ID received from the mobile terminal with the user ID associated with the device by sending the user ID registered in advance.

  The associating method according to the present invention has an effect that communication can be performed by easily associating a device desired by a user with a mobile terminal, and various applications in which a mobile terminal, a device, and a server on the Internet cooperate. It is useful as a mobile terminal, a device, a server, and a method of associating them for realizing a service.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 Internet 101 Server 103 Mobile device 106 Living device 107 Bedroom device 109 Other area device 110 Device information storage unit 111 Pairing information storage unit 112 Candidate device determination unit 113 Device state inquiry unit 114 Operation command generation unit 115 Standby instruction transmission unit 116 Operation command transmission unit 117 Target device identification unit 118 Pairing destination notification transmission unit 120 Location information detection unit 121 Operation command acquisition presentation unit 122 Pairing information storage unit 124 Location information holding unit 125 Device state response unit 126 Standby instruction reception unit 127 Operation command determination section

Claims (14)

A server that communicates with a terminal and a plurality of devices,
A device information storage unit for storing device information of the plurality of devices;
A candidate device determination unit that determines a device having device information related to the terminal information received from the terminal as a candidate device;
An operation command transmitter for transmitting an operation command of the candidate device to the terminal;
A standby instruction transmission unit for transmitting an instruction to wait for the operation command to the candidate device;
Upon receiving a notification that the operation command has been input from one of the candidate devices, the device transmits pairing information for identifying the device that has transmitted the operation command input to the terminal. A pairing destination notification transmission unit;
Having
A server characterized by that. The terminal information is
Including location information of the terminal,
The server according to claim 1. A device status inquiry unit that inquires about the device status of the candidate device,
Further comprising
The operation command transmitter is
Generating an operation command according to the device state of the candidate device;
The server according to claim 1. The operation command is:
The server according to claim 3, wherein the operation command is input to any of the candidate devices. A terminal that communicates with a server and multiple devices,
A terminal information transmitter for transmitting terminal information to the server;
An operation command acquisition and presentation unit for presenting operation commands of the plurality of devices received from the server;
A device communication unit that communicates with one of the plurality of devices based on the pairing information received from the server;
Having
A terminal characterized by that. A position information detector for detecting position information;
Further comprising
The terminal information is
Including location information of the terminal,
The terminal according to claim 5. (Location information is obtained from GPS: mobile device)
The location information is
Including latitude and longitude information of the terminal,
The terminal according to claim 6. A device that communicates with a server and a terminal,
A device information transmitter for transmitting device information to the server;
A standby instruction receiving unit for receiving an operation command standby instruction from the server;
When the operation command is input, an operation command determination unit that transmits an operation command input notification to the server;
A terminal communication unit that communicates with the terminal based on the pairing information received from the terminal;
Having
Equipment characterized by that. A device status response unit for transmitting a device status to the server;
Further having
The device according to claim 8. The device status is
Including whether the power state is on or standby,
The device according to claim 9. The device status is
Including whether or not you are watching a broadcast program,
The device according to claim 9. The device information is
Including address information,
The device according to claim 9. A method of associating a terminal with one of a plurality of devices,
A device information storage step for storing device information of the plurality of devices;
A candidate device determination step for determining a device having device information related to the terminal information received from the terminal as a candidate device;
An operation command transmission step of transmitting an operation command of the candidate device to the terminal;
A standby instruction transmission step of transmitting an instruction to wait for the operation command to the candidate device;
Upon receiving a notification that the operation command has been input from one of the candidate devices, the device transmits pairing information for identifying the device that has transmitted the operation command input to the terminal. A pairing destination notification sending step;
Composed of,
A pegging method characterized by that. A linking program for linking a terminal to one of a plurality of devices,
Computer
Device information storage means for storing device information of the plurality of devices;
Candidate device determining means for determining a device having device information related to the terminal information received from the terminal as a candidate device;
Operation command transmitting means for transmitting an operation command of the candidate device to the terminal;
Standby instruction transmission means for transmitting an instruction to wait for the operation command to the candidate device;
Upon receiving a notification that the operation command has been input from one of the candidate devices, the device transmits pairing information for identifying the device that has transmitted the operation command input to the terminal. A pairing destination notification transmission means;
Make it work,
A pegging program characterized by that.

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