Patent ID: 9621436
Date: 2017-04-11
CPC Classifications: H04L

Claim:
1. A device cooperation service execution apparatus that executes a device cooperation service while cooperating with a device connected to a local network, comprising: a device retrieval unit that retrieves devices connected to the local network; a device information management unit that records device information relating to the devices retrieved by the device retrieval unit in a local storage; an application information acquisition unit that obtains device cooperation service list information indicating device cooperation services that can be executed by an unconnected device, which is a device whose device information is recorded in the local storage but which was not retrieved by the device retrieval unit, and a connected device, which is a device retrieved by the device retrieval unit; a service list display unit that determines on the basis of the device cooperation service list information and a device list of unconnected devices and connected devices whether or not the unconnected device is included in the devices required to execute the respective device cooperation services, and when the unconnected device is included, creates a list image which displays that a device cooperation service requiring the unconnected device cannot be selected and displays the list image which displays the list of the device cooperation services indicated by the device cooperation service list information and the list of the unconnected devices and the connected devices; and a service execution unit that executes a device cooperation service selected by a user from the list of device cooperation services displayed by the list image by launching an application for executing the device cooperation service, wherein the device cooperation service list information includes device information of devices required to execute the respective device cooperation services.