Patent ID: 9331749
Filing Date: 2016-05-03
CPC Classification: G08C,H04B,H04M

Claim Text:
1. A communication method for a portable device comprising: displaying, on a display unit, an approach instructing screen that instructs a user to cause a first communication unit and one of a plurality of electric devices to approach each other, the first communication unit communicating with each of the plurality of electric devices using near- field wireless communication, and the one electric device being a communication object among the plurality of electric devices; in conjunction with the approach instructing screen being displayed on the display unit, transmitting, by the first communication unit, request information that requests start of near-field wireless communication, to the one electric device that is the communication object; receiving, by the first communication unit from the one electric device that is the communication object, response information including at least electric device specifying information for specifying the electric device after the first communication unit and the one electric device that is the communication object become communicable due to the first communication unit approaching the one electric device; communicating by the control unit of the portable device, the electric device specifying information, and information that identifies the portable device or information that identifies the user to a server, wherein the server stores data that defines an association between the first communication unit and the portable device to a database, or an association between the first communication unit and the user; receiving, by the control unit, menu screen information from the server; and displaying, on the display unit, a menu screen based on the menu screen information prepared in accordance with the one electric device that is the communication object, the menu screen including at least one of an item for viewing information related to an electric device specified by the electric device specifying information included in the received response information and an item for inputting settings of the electric device specified by the electric device specifying information.