Patent ID: 9307069
Filing Date: 2016-04-05
CPC Classification: H04M

Claim Text:
1. A home appliance comprising: a communication unit to receive a remote control signal from a mobile terminal; an input unit to receive a user input signal from a local key; a controller to, in a case in which a time difference between input of the local key and reception of the remote control signal is within a predetermined time, assign priority to the user input signal according to the input of the local key and control an operation corresponding to the user input signal to be performed; and a drive unit to drive the home appliance, wherein in a case in which remote control signals are received from a plurality of mobile terminals, the controller assigns priority to a first one of the received remote control signals and controls a message of remote controllability to be transmitted to the mobile terminal having transmitted the remote control signal to which the priority has not been assigned, wherein the controller controls the drive unit to perform an operation corresponding to the remote control signal to which the priority has been assigned, and wherein the communication unit transmits a message indicating that remote control is being performed with respect to the mobile terminal to which the priority has been assigned.