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CONTROL METHOD

  • US 20150039100A1
  • Filed: 12/25/2013
  • Published: 02/05/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/28/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A control method used in a remote control system including a plurality of apparatuses and an information terminal that controls at least one of the apparatuses via a network, the control method comprising:

  • displaying, on a user interface region of a display unit in the information terminal, at least one of (a) pieces of apparatus information indicating apparatus candidates from which an apparatus is to be selected from the apparatuses, (b) pieces of place information indicating place candidates from which a place of at least one of the apparatuses is to be selected, and (c) pieces of operator information indicating operator candidates from which an operator who has operated at least one of the apparatuses is to be selected;

    obtaining an operation history of each of the apparatuses via the network, the operation history indicating an operation performed on the each of the apparatuses;

    displaying, on the user interface region, a dialog for prompting a user to confirm whether or not to perform predetermined control on a target apparatus, the target apparatus being extracted from the apparatuses according to at least one of (a) apparatus information selected from the pieces of the apparatus information, (b) place information selected from the pieces of the place information, and (c) operator information selected from the pieces of the operator information, and the target apparatus corresponding to the operation history that satisfies a predetermined condition;

    generating a control signal for performing the predetermined control on the target apparatus, when the user confirms in the dialog that the predetermined control is to be performed on the target apparatus; and

    transmitting the control signal to the target apparatus via the network.

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