Patent ID: 8117295
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: H04L

Abstract:
1. A remote apparatus management system comprising: a communication adapter of an electronic apparatus; and a communication adapter of a control terminal, wherein the communication adapter of the electronic apparatus includes: an electronic apparatus control unit that controls the electronic apparatus; a communication unit of an apparatus side that performs network communication; a protocol conversion unit of the apparatus side that performs protocol conversion between control data transmitted/received by the electronic apparatus and the network communication; a terminal status collecting unit that collects terminal status information indicating terminal status including a type, a load or a position of the control terminal; an apparatus status collecting unit that collects apparatus status condition information indicating apparatus status including a type, a load or a position of the electronic apparatus; a communication status collecting unit that collects network communication status condition information indicating network communication status including a type, a path or a load of the communication; a connection rule retention unit that retains a connection rule indicating a communication connection method matching the apparatus status, the terminal status and the network communication status; and a connection method setting unit that extracts an appropriate connection method by comparing the apparatus status, the terminal status and the network communication status with the connection rule, and sets a control scheme, a terminal interface scheme, a network communication scheme and a protocol conversion scheme for the electronic apparatus, and the communication adapter of the control terminal includes: an interface unit that provides an interface with the control terminal; a communication unit of a control side that performs the network communication; and a protocol conversion unit of the control side that performs protocol conversion between an input/output interface of the control terminal and the network communication.