Patent ID: 7277122

Claim:
A server for controlling a plurality of clients, said server comprising: a control device, adapted to (a) select at least one client which has a privilege for controlling an image sensing device remotely, (b) prohibit unselected clients from controlling the image sensing device while the selected client is controlling the image sensing device, and (c) enable the unselected clients to receive video information captured by the image sensing device; a voice input unit, adapted to input a voice of a user which is not one of the clients but an object being captured by the image sensing device; a recognition unit, adapted to recognize the voice input by said voice input unit; and a notification device, adapted to notify the user as the captured object, as to which client is selected for controlling the image sensing device and which clients receive the video information captured by the image sensing device, when said recognition unit recognizes a voice pattern which represents a request for information about the clients from the voice input by said voice input unit.