US 11,748,177 B2
Notification control device, notification control system, and notification control method
Yoshiki Ohashi, Osaka (JP); Kohei Tahara, Osaka (JP); and Hiroko Sugimoto, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO, LTD., Osaka (JP)
Appl. No. 17/772,435
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
PCT Filed Jun. 30, 2021, PCT No. PCT/JP2021/024677
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 27, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/079952, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-174551 (JP), filed on Oct. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0374293 A1, Nov. 24, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 9/54 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 9/542 (2013.01) 7 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A notification control device comprising:
an obtainer that obtains notification information relating to an operation performed by a device;
a first notification controller that: sends a first notification control signal for causing a first device to provide a first notification indicating details of the notification information; obtains first response information to the first device that has provided the first notification; and determines whether the first response information is in response to the notification information;
a second notification controller that: sends a second notification control signal for causing a second device to provide a second notification indicating the details of the notification information, when the first notification controller determines that the first response information is not in response to the notification information, the second notification being implemented in a form different from a form of the first notification; obtains second response information to the second device that has provided the second notification; and determines whether the second response information is in response to the notification information; and
a canceller that sends, to the first device and the second device, a cancellation process signal for cancelling the notifications indicating the details of the notification information, when the first notification controller determines that the first response information is in response to the notification information or the second notification controller determines that the second response information is in response to the notification information.