Patent ID: 9651928
Date: 2017-05-16
CPC Classifications: G05B,G08C,H04L

Claim:
1. A method for controlling an information apparatus connected to a network, a first target device and a second target device being controlled over the network, the first target device having a first display, the second target device having no display or having a second display which is smaller in display area than the first display, the information apparatus having a third display and being used in an information management system which manages information indicating a state of the second target device, the method causing a computer of the information apparatus to: display a display screen representing at least one floor plan of a building on the third display; display device icons representing target devices including the first target device and the second target device on the display screen representing the at least one floor plan, the device icons being movable by dragging the device icons; and when it is sensed that a device icon representing the second target device is dropped on a device icon representing the first target device, output to the information management system a first control command for displaying a confirmation screen on the first display of the first target device, the confirmation screen being for confirmation of the state of the second target device.