Abstract: A television (100) includes: an image data receiving section (105) for receiving, from the outside, image data storing therein process specifying information; and a controlling section (107) for controlling an image processing section (103) so as to carry out a process specified by the process specifying information stored in the received image data. Thus, it is possible to cause the television (100) to carry out the desired process by causing the television (100) to receive the image data including the process specifying information for specifying the process which should be carried out by the television (100).

Abstract: Provided is a controller capable of making a user aware of a consumption amount of electricity at a preferred time. A home controller (100) includes a communication interface (105) configured to receive an electrical power consumption of a plurality of devices (200A to 200E), a memory (101) configured to store changes in the electrical power consumption of the plurality of devices (200A to 200E), and a processor (110) configured to determine whether or not a change amount or a change rate in the electrical power consumption is greater than a predefined range for each of the plurality of devices (200A to 200E) and output information indicating the electrical power consumption of a device having the change amount or the change rate in the electrical power consumption greater than the predefined range.

Abstract: When power failure occurs at a power grid, a controller obtains information related to an operating state of a plurality of electrical appliances; restrict an operation of at least some of electrical appliances currently operating among the plurality of electrical appliances, such that power consumption of the plurality of electric appliances does not exceed a first upper limit during a period in which the remaining amount in a storage battery is below a first threshold value; and restrict an operation of at least some of electrical appliances currently operating among the plurality of electrical appliances, such that power consumption of the plurality of electric appliances does not exceed a second upper limit during a period in which the remaining amount in the storage battery is greater than or equal to a first threshold value and below a second threshold value that is larger than the first threshold value.

Abstract: A service providing device (400) includes: one-time PW generating processing section (435) which generates, for each operation device (300), authentication information for use in authentication processing carried out by the service providing device (400) in a case where the service providing device (400) is accessed by a display processing device (200); and an image data generating processing section (436) which (i) generates operation data including the authentication information generated and processing specifying information specifying the authentication processing, and (ii) transmits the operation data thus generated to the operation device (300).

Abstract: In an electric power management advising device, advice generated by the advice generating section and related to electric power saving is outputted by the advice outputting section. On the basis the advice thus generated, the collective control executing section carries out controls of the respective plurality of devices collectively. Accordingly, a user is provided with the advice related to electric power saving, and the plurality of devices are collectively controlled on the basis of the advice. That is, when the user wants to adopt the advice provided to the user, the user does not have to handle an operation himself. This keeps the user free from inconvenience. Therefore, it becomes possible to achieve an electric power saving effect reliably and provide a more comfortable and enriched life to the user.

Abstract: An electronic device (1) constitutes a remote control system (100) together with a remote control device (3) and at least one controlled device (2/2?), and the electronic device (1) includes: a first reception section (20) that receives, from the remote control device, a direct command signal (7/7?) broadcasted to the electronic device and the controlled device; a second reception section (23) that receives, from the controlled device, an indirect command signal (8) having been generated by the controlled device according to the direct command signal having been received from the remote control device; and a control section (10) including signal selecting means (31) that selects one intended command signal to which a response is needed from a signal group according to a predetermined rule, the signal group consisting of the direct command signal having been received by the first reception section and the indirect command signal having been received by the second reception section.

Abstract: A reproducing apparatus (2) of the present invention receives information of a WEB site from a service-providing server (3) that administrates the WEB site, and reproduces the information. The service-providing server (3) holds identification information (40) of a user of a portable communication apparatus (1) that is permitted to access the WEB site. The reproducing apparatus (2) includes: a data receiving section for receiving, from the portable communication apparatus (1), invitation information (51), identification information (40), and transmission time point information (50); a reproducing apparatus infrared communication section; a destination determination section that establishes a connection to the service-providing server (3) based on the received invitation information (51), and transmits the invitation information (51), the identification information (40), and transmission-instruction time (50); and a reproducing apparatus communication control section.

Abstract: A television (11) includes: an executable process storage section (122) having stored therein command names 6 respectively indicating one or more processes that can be executed by the television (11); process-designating information extracting section (112) for extracting, from image data received from an operation device (20), pieces of process-designating information (5) designating processes that are to be executed by a plurality of image data reception processing devices (10); and a process executing section (115) for, from among the processes indicated by the command names (6) stored in the executable process storage section (122), executing a process that matches a process designated by a piece of process-designating information (5) thus obtained.

Abstract: A service providing device (400) includes: one-time PW generating processing section (435) which generates, for each operation device (300), authentication information for use in authentication processing carried out by the service providing device (400) in a case where the service providing device (400) is accessed by a display processing device (200); and an image data generating processing section (436) which (i) generates operation data including the authentication information generated and processing specifying information specifying the authentication processing, and (ii) transmits the operation data thus generated to the operation device (300).

Abstract: An electronic device (1) constitutes a remote control system (100) together with a remote control device (3) and at least one controlled device (2/2?), and the electronic device (1) includes: a first reception section (20) that receives, from the remote control device, a direct command signal (7/7?) broadcasted to the electronic device and the controlled device; a second reception section (23) that receives, from the controlled device, an indirect command signal (8) having been generated by the controlled device according to the direct command signal having been received from the remote control device; and a control section (10) including signal selecting means (31) that selects one intended command signal to which a response is needed from a signal group according to a predetermined rule, the signal group consisting of the direct command signal having been received by the first reception section and the indirect command signal having been received by the second reception section.

Abstract: A reproducing apparatus (2) of the present invention receives information of a WEB site from a service-providing server (3) that administrates the WEB site, and reproduces the information. The service-providing server (3) holds identification information (40) of a user of a portable communication apparatus (1) that is permitted to access the WEB site. The reproducing apparatus (2) includes: a data receiving section for receiving, from the portable communication apparatus (1), invitation information (51), identification information (40), and transmission time point information (50); a reproducing apparatus infrared communication section; a destination determination section that establishes a connection to the service-providing server (3) based on the received invitation information (51), and transmits the invitation information (51), the identification information (40), and transmission-instruction time (50); and a reproducing apparatus communication control section.

Abstract: A television (100) includes: an image data receiving section (105) for receiving, from the outside, image data storing therein process specifying information; and a controlling section (107) for controlling an image processing section (103) so as to carry out a process specified by the process specifying information stored in the received image data. Thus, it is possible to cause the television (100) to carry out the desired process by causing the television (100) to receive the image data including the process specifying information for specifying the process which should be carried out by the television (100).

Abstract: The communications device of the present invention performs an authentication with the device at the other end automatically or through a simple operation, independently of an authentication scheme supported by the device at the other end. A communications device includes: a connecting section for establishing a connection with the other communications device according to the IrSimple scheme; an authentication section for performing an authentication by the IrSimple scheme; a connecting section for establishing a connection with the other communications device according to the IrDA scheme, an authentication section for performing an authentication according to the IrDA scheme; and a protocol switching section for causing the connecting section to initiate a connection and causing the authentication section to perform an authentication, when an authentication by the authentication section is unsuccessful.