Patent ID: 9722668
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: G08C,H04B

Claim:
1. A home appliance comprising: a display unit that outputs an operation setting and an operation state; a tag unit that performs Near Field Communication (NFC) with a terminal; and a controller that (i) stores product information at the tag unit, (ii) receives data stored at the tag unit, (iii) changes the operation setting, (iv) controls the operation state, and (v) outputs the changed operation setting to the display unit, wherein the controller (i) determines network connection information that is stored at the tag unit by the terminal, (ii) stores the network connection information in a communication unit, (iii) transmits and receives data wirelessly by connecting, through the communication unit, to a network that is associated with the network connection information, (iv) transmits data of the home appliance to a server by connecting to the server based on product information of the home appliance based on a network connection through the communication unit being successful, and (v) controls operation of the home appliance according to a received control instruction from the terminal or based on the server being connected to the network through the communication unit.