Patent ID: 9590865
Date: 2017-03-07
CPC Classifications: G08C,H04L,H04W

Claim:
1. A control device that manages a network including a plurality of communication devices, comprising: one or more processors and one or more memories storing instructions to: make a transition to a leave mode for disconnecting at least one communication device of the plurality of communication devices from the network; receive, from the at least one communication device a notification for disconnecting the at least one communication device from the network; accept the notification from the at least one communication device; transmit, when the notification is accepted from the at least one communication device during the leave mode, an instruction for setting a flag and a reset order to the at least one the communication device, the flag defining to bring the at least one communication device back to an initial state; determine whether or not the instruction for setting the flag and the reset order are received by the at least one communication device; and delete information about the at least one communication device connected to the network when it is determined that the instruction for setting the flag and the reset order are received.