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System, device, server, and program for service provision

US7831691B2 · kind B2 · utility

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18Claims
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Filing dateNov 7, 2005
Grant dateNov 9, 2010
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Expiry dateAug 16, 2028

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N2201/3223
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A service providing system is provided including a service providing device adapted to provide a service through a network and a device adapted to receive the service from the service providing device. The device includes a service request unit that requests the service providing device for a service, and a service implementation unit that implements a function of the device after receiving the service from the service providing device that is requested. The service providing device includes a service provision executing unit that provides the service to the device when the service providing device receives the request from the service request unit, and a function judging unit that judges whether the device is equipped with a function to receive the service provided by the service provision executing unit based on equipped function information that indicates functions for which the device is equipped.

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