Patent ID: 9325651
Filing Date: 2016-04-26
CPC Classification: H04L

Claim Text:
1. A message notifying device comprising: a memory; and a central processing unit (CPU) configured to: (i) detect an operation instruction, based on which an external device is operated, from a message in a communication service that displays, in a time series, messages which have been posted by members and (ii) specify, as an instruction provider of the operation instruction, the member who has posted the message; control the external device in accordance with the operation instruction which has been detected by the CPU; obtain a result of an operation executed by the external device in accordance with a control from the CPU; generate a report message for reporting an operation result which has been obtained by the CPU; and output the report message, which has been generated by the CPU, to a server, which provides the communication service, so that the communication service, which is displaying, in the time series, the message which have been posted by the members, displays, in the time series, the report message which is explicitly directed to the instruction provider who has been specified by the CPU; the external device being other than the member's communication terminal device or the message notifying device, the operation instruction having been posted by the member from the member's communication terminal device, wherein the CPU is further configured to detect an operation instruction from an image included in a message which has been posted on the communication service by a member and specify, as an instruction provider of the operation instruction, the member who has posted the message.