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Method for controlling information apparatus and computer-readable recording medium

  • US 10,326,607 B2
  • Filed: 09/16/2014
  • Issued: 06/18/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/20/2013
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A method for controlling an information apparatus, the information apparatus having a display and being connected to a network, one or more target devices being controlled over the network,the method causing a computer of the information apparatus to:

  • display, on the display, a display screen representing a floor plan of one floor including at least two rooms;

    display at least one device icon, including a device icon representing an air conditioner; and

    output an on-off control command to the network, when a selection of the device icon representing the air conditioner is sensed in a region of a first room of the at least two rooms included in the floor plan, and then a selection of the region of the first room is sensed at a position where no device icon is displayed after the selection of the device icon is sensed, the on-off control command controlling an on-off state of power of the air conditioner corresponding to the first room,wherein the on-off control command is not output to the network after the selection of the specific device icon is sensed until the selection of the region of the first room is sensed at the position where no device icon is displayed,wherein, when the power of the air conditioner is turned on and when the air conditioner is operated as a heater, a region on the display screen corresponding to the first room is displayed using a warm color, and when the power of the air conditioner is turned off, the region on the display screen corresponding to the first room is displayed with brightness lower than specified brightness.

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