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

Claim 4:
5. An electrical device response method, comprising:
receiving target device information indicating a search-target device, the search-target device being a specific defective electrical device to be searched for;
determining whether or not an 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
transmitting, when a result of the determination indicates that the electrical device or the communication device is included in the target device information, 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,
wherein, when the electrical device or the communication device included in the target device information received is not connected to the network, the response is transmitted to a search device that locates the search-target device.