US 11,711,277 B2
Information management method
Toshihisa Nakano, Osaka (JP); Motoji Ohmori, Osaka (JP); and Tomoyuki Hirota, Hyogo (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/968,910.
Application 17/968,910 is a division of application No. 17/386,170, filed on Jul. 27, 2021, granted, now 11,509,549.
Application 17/386,170 is a division of application No. 16/539,327, filed on Aug. 13, 2019, granted, now 11,108,660, issued on Aug. 31, 2021.
Application 16/539,327 is a division of application No. 15/906,179, filed on Feb. 27, 2018, granted, now 10,425,298, issued on Sep. 24, 2019.
Application 15/906,179 is a division of application No. 14/413,535, granted, now 9,948,526, issued on Apr. 17, 2018, previously published as PCT/JP2014/002503, filed on May 12, 2014.
Claims priority of application No. JP2013-101135 (JP), filed on May 13, 2013.
Prior Publication US 2023/0042685 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04L 43/04 (2022.01); H04L 12/28 (2006.01); H04L 41/0806 (2022.01); H04L 41/085 (2022.01); H04L 9/40 (2022.01)
CPC H04L 43/04 (2013.01) [H04L 12/2809 (2013.01); H04L 12/2825 (2013.01); H04L 12/2834 (2013.01); H04L 41/085 (2013.01); H04L 41/0806 (2013.01); H04L 63/101 (2013.01)] 8 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method for managing information in an information management system that manages information related to one or more devices, the method comprising:
receiving, via a network, a device ID indicating one device among the one or more devices and an attribute ID indicating that the one device belongs to a same owner, a same group, or a same home as the one or more devices, the one device being equipped without an input accepting unit or being equipped with only a simplified input accepting unit;
referring to a first database that manages a device which is the management target, and stores at least device IDs indicating the one or more devices and attribute IDs in association with each other;
determining whether or not a combination of the received device ID and attribute ID already exists in the first database, and determining that the one device belonging to the same owner, the same group, or the same home is not the management target when the combination of the received device ID and attribute ID does not exist in the first database; and
when the one device belonging to the same owner, the same group, or the same home is determined not to be the management target, providing, via the network, an information providing apparatus, which is associated with the attribute ID and which differs from the one device, with first notification information for confirming whether or not the one device is determined to be the management target,
receiving, from the information providing apparatus, response information including information indicating whether or not the one device is determined to be the management target; and
when the received information indicates that the one device is determined to be the management target, the one device is determined to be the management target, after updating the first database in accordance with the response information.