Remote control method of external devices

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PATENT NO 8935444
APP PUB NO 20090307395A1
SERIAL NO

12505384

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A method of controlling a plurality of external devices is performed on a computer which is set up with a plurality of remote control processes corresponding to the plurality of the external devices, and a management process for managing the remote control processes while communicating with the remote control processes. The management process is called to display icons corresponding to the remote control processes in a display field provided by the management process. Further, the management process acts when a specified operation is applied to one of the icons on the display field for sending a screen open instruction to one of the remote control processes corresponding to the icon to which the specified operation is applied. The remote control process which receives the screen open instruction is activated to display a control screen for use in remotely controlling the corresponding external device.

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YAMAHA CORPORATION10-1 NAKAZAWA-CHO CHUO-KU HAMAMATSU-SHI SHIZUOKA 430-8650

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Miyamori, Hideo Hamakita, JP 8 83
Okabayashi, Masaaki Hamakita, JP 62 503
Umeo, Tatsuya Hamamatsu, JP 11 92
Yamamoto, Takao Hamamatsu, JP 176 2021

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