METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INFORMATION APPARATUS, COMPUTER-READABLE RECORDING MEDIUM, AND METHOD FOR PROVIDING INFORMATION
First Claim
1. A method for controlling an information apparatus having a display and being connected to a network, over which one or more target devices are controlled,the method causing a computer of the information apparatus to:
- display on the display a display screen representing a floor plan including one or more rooms;
using at least one memory that associates first information with second information, the first information indicating a type of each of one or more device icons representing the one or more target devices and the second information indicating an attribute of each of the one or more rooms, display each of the one or more device icons in a region on the display screen corresponding to a room that corresponds to each of the one or more device icons in accordance with the type of each of the one or more device icons;
when selection of any of the one or more device icons is sensed in a region corresponding to any of the rooms included in the floor plan, display a control screen for at least any of operation and state confirmation of a target device corresponding to the selected device icon on the display screen representing the floor plan; and
output to the network a control command for at least any of the operation and the state confirmation of the target device corresponding to the selected device icon, based on an operation on the control screen.
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Abstract
A control method according to the present disclosure causes a computer of an information apparatus to: display on a display a display screen representing a floor plan including one or more rooms; and using at least one memory that associates first information indicating a type of each of one or more device icons representing one or more target devices with second information indicating an attribute of each of the one or more rooms, display each of the one or more device icons in a region on the display screen corresponding to a room that corresponds to each of the one or more device icons in accordance with the type of each of the one or more device icons.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for controlling an information apparatus having a display and being connected to a network, over which one or more target devices are controlled,
the method causing a computer of the information apparatus to: -
display on the display a display screen representing a floor plan including one or more rooms; using at least one memory that associates first information with second information, the first information indicating a type of each of one or more device icons representing the one or more target devices and the second information indicating an attribute of each of the one or more rooms, display each of the one or more device icons in a region on the display screen corresponding to a room that corresponds to each of the one or more device icons in accordance with the type of each of the one or more device icons; when selection of any of the one or more device icons is sensed in a region corresponding to any of the rooms included in the floor plan, display a control screen for at least any of operation and state confirmation of a target device corresponding to the selected device icon on the display screen representing the floor plan; and output to the network a control command for at least any of the operation and the state confirmation of the target device corresponding to the selected device icon, based on an operation on the control screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for providing information in an information management system which is connected to a network that controls one or more target devices associated with a same building ID and which manages information on the one or more target devices, the method comprising:
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receiving registration notification representing that one target device among the one or more target devices has been newly registered in the information management system, from the one target device via the network; using at least one memory that associates first information with second information, the first information indicating a type of each of one or more device icons representing each of the one or more target devices and the second information indicating an attribute of each of one or more rooms included in a display screen representing a floor plan of a building indicated by the building ID, determine an attribute of a room corresponding to a type of a device icon representing the one target device, based on the received registration notification information; and transmitting, via the network, third information indicating the type of the device icon representing the one target device and fourth information indicating the determined attribute of the room, to an information apparatus which is associated with the same building ID and which displays the display screen representing the floor plan on a display, the device icon representing the one target device being displayed in a region on the display screen corresponding to a room that corresponds to the device icon at the information apparatus based on the third information and the fourth information. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium which stores a program to be executed by an information apparatus having a display and being connected to a network, over which one or more target devices are controlled,
the program causing a computer of the information apparatus to: -
display on the display a display screen representing a floor plan including one or more rooms; using at least one memory that associates first information with second information, the first information indicating a type of each of one or more device icons representing the one or more target devices and the second information indicating an attribute of each of the one or more rooms, display each of the one or more device icons in a region on the display screen corresponding to a room that corresponds to each of the one or more device icons in accordance with the type of each of the one or more device icons; when selection of any of the one or more device icons is sensed in a region corresponding to any of the rooms included in the floor plan, display a control screen for at least any of operation and state confirmation of a target device corresponding to the selected device icon on the display screen representing the floor plan; and output to the network a control command for at least any of the operation and the state confirmation of the target device corresponding to the selected device icon, based on an operation on the control screen.
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