Abstract: According to one embodiment, a terminal device is provided, comprising: a first communication unit communicating with a network device by receiving a destination address of a server and identification information for identifying the network device, and receiving transmission data of the network device to the server and the identification information; a device information storage unit that stores the destination address in association with the identification information; a second communication unit communicating with the server, by transmitting the transmission data received from the network device to the server using the destination address that corresponds to the identification information in the device information storage, and receiving from the server a result of determining whether the transmission data transmitted from the second communication unit matches the transmission data that the network device transmits to the server; and a display unit that displays the result of the determination.

Abstract: A lighting control system performs a lighting control on slave lamps under the control of a master lamp communicating with and connected to a management apparatus. The master lamp includes an adding unit that adds the slave lamps placed under the control of the other master lamp to the slave lamps under its own control, when the other master lamp fails. The master lamp includes a lighting control unit that performs the lighting control on the slave lamps, based on a command relating to the lighting control, which is received from the management apparatus.

Abstract: An illumination control system includes an illumination control device, and a plurality of illumination lamps that are connected to the illumination control device via a network and are controlled by a control signal from the illumination control device. In addition, the illumination control device includes a reception unit configured to receive route information specified by a user from a user terminal, a decision unit configured to decide a schedule in which an illumination lamp which is a control target and an illumination process executed in the illumination lamp are specified according to the route information, and a transmission unit configured to transmit a control signal according to the schedule to the illumination lamp which is a control target.

Abstract: An imaging distribution apparatus includes a reception unit configured to receive a distribution request for distribution of a specific program from a client apparatus via a network, a program scenario acquisition unit configured to acquire a program scenario corresponding to the specific program requested for by the distribution request, a content acquisition unit configured to acquire a plurality of information contents based on the program scenario, a conversion unit configured to convert the information contents to image scene based on the program scenario, an encoding unit configured to encode the image scene, to generate a stream, and a stream distribution unit configured to distribute the stream to the client apparatus via the network.

Abstract: Whether a combination method defined in an output rule satisfies a combination condition of each content specified in a play list is judged in order of priority defined in a priority list. Based on the judgment result, the output rule is edited in such a manner that the combination condition of each content specified in the play list is satisfied. The resources of the combination target contents specified in the play list are combined in accordance with the combination method of the edited output rule.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, there is provided a communication device including a first communication layer receiving processor to perform a receiving process on a first communication layer on data received from a first communication device. The first communication layer receiving processor includes a first key identifying unit to identify, a key required to process the data; a first attribute identifying unit to identify, pursuant to key data, first attribute information that is attribute information associated with the key as identified; and a data processor to process the data using the key as identified. The data processed by the data processor and the first attribute information are passed to a second communication layer processor configured to perform a process on a second communication layer.

Abstract: A content item recommendation device includes; a storage which stores information of a plurality of content items describing identifiers and usage characteristics of the resources used in the content items; a first specifying unit which specifies first content items which use at least S number of resources in common with a specified content item; a second specifying unit which specifies second content items which use at least K number of resources in common with each of the first content items; a calculator which calculates relationship levels between the specified content item and each of the second content items; a selector which selects recommended content items from the second content items based on the relationship levels.

Abstract: There is provided with a video reproducing apparatus, including: an access unit configured to access a storage medium holding a plurality of video scenes; an external device search unit configured to search for an external device which can communicate; a scene selecting unit configured to select a video scene from the storage medium based on information of the external device found by the external device search unit; and a video reproducing unit configured to read the selected video scene from the storage medium using the access unit and reproduce the video scene.

Abstract: A power control apparatus is provided that includes a calculation unit, a detection unit, a storage unit, a selection unit and an execution unit. The detection unit detects whether a required spare capacity is short, based on the required spare capacity, the spare power, and the total spare power capacity. The storage unit stores power control operation items. The selection unit selects power control operation items if the required spare capacity is short. The execution unit executes application operation of one or more the power control operation items until the required spare capacity becomes available, and executes waiting operation of one or more power control operation items executing the application operation if the required spare capacity is available.

Abstract: A determination determines permission/forbiddance to charge an accumulator that obtains electrical power from a power grid network. The determination device comprises a first acquisition unit configured to acquire first information about a requested power amount requested to charge the accumulator, a second acquisition unit configured to acquire second information about an available power amount that can be provided from the power grid network, and a determination unit configured to determine permission or forbiddance with respect to the accumulator based on the first information and the second information.

Abstract: An apparatus includes unit storing scripts includes a tree structure, each of the scripts including at least one of a child-node script and content, unit selecting a parent-node script among the scripts, and acquiring to analyze a child-node script if the child-node script exists, unit acquiring content if content exists, unit retrieving substitute content if the acquisition of content ends in failure and if content indicates retrieving substitute content, unit retrieving the substitute-child-node script if the acquisition of the child-node script ends in failure and if the child-node script indicates retrieving the substitute-child-node script, and retrieving the substitute-parent-node script when content or the child-node script shows retrieving the substitute-parent-node script, unit acquiring substitute content when substitute content is found, unit acquiring the substitute-child-node script and the substitute-parent-node script when the substitute-child-node script and the substitute-parent-node script a

Abstract: According to one embodiment, an electric power management apparatus is for controlling electric power of at least one home appliance using at least one rechargeable battery. The apparatus includes an analysis unit, a first generating unit, and a second generating unit. The analysis unit analyzes a charge residue of the rechargeable battery. The first generating unit generates a control schedule used to control the electric power of the home appliance in accordance with the charge residue. The second generating unit generates a charge/discharge schedule used to control charge and discharge of the rechargeable battery in accordance with the charge residue.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a control apparatus communicable with a power measuring apparatus includes a communication unit, a threshold storage, and a controller. The communication unit acquires a usable power value from the power measuring apparatus. The threshold storage stores a threshold value. The controller changes a working state thereof in accordance with a comparison result of the usable power value and the threshold value.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a power control apparatus includes a calculation unit, a detection unit, a storage unit, a selection unit and an execution unit. The calculation unit calculates a spare power capacity and a total spare power capacity. The detection unit detects whether a required spare capacity is short, based on the required spare capacity and each of the spare power capacity and the total spare power capacity. The storage unit stores power control operation items. The selection unit selects power control operation items if the required spare capacity is short. The execution unit executes application operation of one or more the power control operation items until the required spare capacity becomes available, and executes waiting operation of one or more power control operation items executing the application operation if the required spare capacity is available.

Abstract: The other communication devices are prohibited to transmit the address initialization request for a prescribed period of time since one communication device transmitted the address initialization request for an address managed by a control protocol, so that the conflict of the initialization requests for the same address will not occur and the problem of assigning the address in overlap to the communication devices will not arise. Also, the other communication devices are prohibited to transmit the address server detection request packet for a prescribed period of time since one communication device transmitted the address server detection request packet, so that the conflict on the network by a plurality of address server detection requests will not occur, and it is possible to determine the MAC address server uniquely.

Abstract: According to one embodiment, the following are provided: a terminal device comprising: a first communication unit communicating with a network device connected to a network, that receives a destination address of a server accompanied with an identification information for identifying the network device, and receives transmission data of the network device to the server, the transmission data containing internal data of the network device accompanied with the identification information; a device information storage unit that stores the destination address received being associated with the identification information accompanied with the destination address; a second communication unit communicating with the server, that transmits the transmission data received from the network device to the server using such destination address that is corresponding to the identification information accompanied with the transmission data from the device information storage, and receives from the server the result of determinin

Abstract: According to one embodiment, a communication apparatus communicates with both a controller device and a control object device. The communication apparatus includes a first provide section that provides file configuration information conforming to a file system format acceptable to the controller device; a receive section that receives an access request to a file included in the provided file configuration information, from the controller device; a convert section that converts the access request to control command information conforming to a predetermined protocol acceptable to the control object device; and a second provide section that provides the control command information to the control object device.

Abstract: A bridge apparatus is disclosed, the bridge apparatus being connected between a first network and a second network and achieving a communication between equipment connected to the first network and equipment connected to the second network. This apparatus accepts communication from the equipment over the first network to equipment disconnected from the second network, and then, preserves contents of the communication even in the case where the equipment over the second network has been disconnected from the second network for reasons such as electric power cut. In the case where the disconnected equipment has been connected to the second network again, this apparatus transmits the accepted contents of the communication to the reconnected equipment.

Abstract: A contents player including: a reading unit which accesses data carrier and reads out contents including multimedia data and a script from the data carrier; a playing unit which plays the multimedia data included in the contents; an interpreting unit which interprets the script included in the contents; an access unit which accesses an internal or external storing device; an acquiring unit which acquires an access ID of the contents from the read contents or the data carrier when the script includes an access instruction description which instructs access to a specific storing region in the storing device: and a determining unit which determines whether the access to the specific storing region is permitted or not, on the basis of the acquired access ID.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus has an information acquiring unit which acquires a plurality of pieces of information over a network in accordance with an acquisition script included in a scenario, an information converting unit which extracts portions represented to a user from the respective pieces of acquired information in accordance with a conversion script included in the scenario, a movement adding unit which processes all or part of the presented portion so that display contents can be presented in such a form as to change and/or be accompanied with the sound output in accordance with a movement adding script included in the scenario, a statistics recording unit which records processing cost for each of the information acquiring unit, the information converting unit and the movement adding unit, an extraction unit which extracts dependency information showing a dependency relationship between the processes from the scenario, and a control unit which determines the priority of the processes to be c