DEVICE CONTROLLER, DEVICE CONTROL SYSTEM, DEVICE CONTROLLING METHOD, AND RECORDING MEDIUM WITH COMPUTER PROGRAM RECORDED THEREIN FOR PERFORMING DEVICE CONTROL

摘要

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To allow effective data transmission between arbitrary devices while to provide users with optimized operationality for every combination of devices.

SOLUTION: According to an instruction from a user, a sender-side device and a receiver-side device are correlated with each other (S102). It is determined whether a composite device assumed by combining the classes of the devices is operational or not (step S108). If operational, the kind of the composite device is determined (S130) to determine user interface for operating the composite device (S132). Thereafter, the user interface is displayed on a screen of a monitor with prescribed timing (S134).

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