Patent ID: 11968522
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 10:
11. An electrical device search method, comprising:
transmitting a target device signal as target device information indicating a search-target device, the search-target device being a specific defective electrical device to be searched for;
receiving, from the search-target device as a response to the transmission of the target device information, information indicating that an electrical device or a communication device capable of communicating with the electrical device is included in the target device information;
transmitting a notification indicating discovery of the search-target device or the communication device indicated in the target device information, to a server that manages the target device information, in accordance with the response received; and
when the server receives the notification indicating the discovery of the electrical device or the communication device indicated in the target device information, creating a target device list indicating the electrical device or the communication device as the search-target device.