Patent ID: 9537536
Date: 2017-01-03
CPC Classifications: G08C,H04B,H04L,H05B

Claim:
1. A communication method of communicating with one or more home electric appliances via near field communication, comprising: receiving a set operation data piece acquisition command from a user; when the set operation data piece acquisition command is received, transmitting a request to a home electric appliance for a set operation data piece that is a data piece that defines a custom operation set manually in the home electric appliance as an operation to be executed by the home electric appliance; receiving from the home electric appliance the set operation data piece corresponding to the request; storing the received set operation data piece in a storage device; receiving an operation setting command from the user; and when the operation setting command is received, transmitting to the home electric appliance the set operation data piece stored in the storage device.