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

Claim 3:
4. A device search system, comprising:
an electrical device including a receiver that receives target device information indicating a search-target device, the search-target device being a specific defective electrical device to be searched for, a processor that determines whether or not the electrical device is included in the target device information received and the electrical device is connected to a network or whether or not a communication device capable of communicating with the electrical device is included in the target device information received and the communication device is connected to the network, and a transmitter that, when a result of the determination by the processor indicates that the electrical device or the communication device is included in the target device information, transmits information indicating that the electrical device or the communication device is the search-target device, as a response using a communication method based on the result of the determination;
a server that manages the target device information; and
a search device including a signal transmitter that transmits a target device signal as the target device information indicating the search-target device, a receiver that receives, from the search-target device as a response to the transmission of the target device information, information indicating that the electrical device or the communication device is included in the target device information, and an information transmitter that transmits a notification indicating discovery of the electrical device or the communication device indicated in the target device information to the server in accordance with the response received by the receiver,
wherein, when the server receives the notification indicating the discovery of the electrical device or the communication device indicated in the target device information, the server creates a target device list indicating the electrical device or the communication device as the search-target device.