SERVER FOR HOME APPLIANCE NETWORK SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A server for a home appliance network system, the server constituting the home appliance network system along with a portable terminal and a home appliance,wherein the server comprises:
- a server communication unit configured to communicate with the portable terminal and the home appliance;
a position-determining unit configured to acquire information on a position of the portable terminal during communication through the server communication unit;
an initial screen storage configured to store different position conditions and a collection of screen information defining respective content of initial screens corresponding to the position conditions; and
an activation unit configured, if position information obtained based on the information on the position acquired through the position-determining unit corresponds to any position condition of said different position conditions, to retrieve screen information defining content of an initial screen corresponding to the position condition from the initial screen storage, and to supply the screen information to the portable terminal.
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Abstract
A server (3) includes a server communication unit (302) for communicating with a portable terminal (1) and a home appliance (2), a position-determining unit (304) for acquiring information on a position of the terminal (1) during communication, an initial screen storage (305) for storing different position conditions and a collection of screen information defining respective content of initial screens corresponding to the conditions, and an activation unit (306). If position information obtained based on the information on the position acquired through the position-determining unit (304) corresponds to any position condition of the different position conditions, the unit (306) retrieves screen information defining content of an initial screen corresponding to the position condition from the storage (305) to provide the terminal (1) with the information.
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1. A server for a home appliance network system, the server constituting the home appliance network system along with a portable terminal and a home appliance,
wherein the server comprises: -
a server communication unit configured to communicate with the portable terminal and the home appliance; a position-determining unit configured to acquire information on a position of the portable terminal during communication through the server communication unit; an initial screen storage configured to store different position conditions and a collection of screen information defining respective content of initial screens corresponding to the position conditions; and an activation unit configured, if position information obtained based on the information on the position acquired through the position-determining unit corresponds to any position condition of said different position conditions, to retrieve screen information defining content of an initial screen corresponding to the position condition from the initial screen storage, and to supply the screen information to the portable terminal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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