Patent ID: 9634852
Date: 2017-04-25
CPC Classifications: G06F,H04L

Claim:
1. A control method for an information apparatus having a display and being connected to a network, at least one target device being controlled over the network, the control method causing a computer of the information apparatus to: display a first display screen representing a first floor plan for a first floor of a building on the display, when the first display screen is selected, wherein at least one device icon displayed on the first display screen represents the at least one target device, and the first floor plan includes a first section of a staircase; display a second display screen representing a second floor plan for a second floor of the building, different from the first floor, on the display, when the second display screen is selected, wherein at least one device icon on the second display screen represents the at least one target device, and the second floor plan includes a second section of the staircase; determine whether or not a display region corresponding to the staircase included in the first floor plan or in the second floor plan is selected; switch between display of the first display screen and display of the second display screen displayed on the display, when the display region corresponding to the staircase included in the first floor plan or included in the second floor plan is selected; determine whether or not the display region corresponding to the staircase included in the first floor plan or in the second floor plan is selected after an illumination icon, representing an illumination device of the at least one target device and displayed in the display region corresponding to the staircase, is selected from the at least one device icon displayed on the first display screen or on the second display screen; output, to the network, a first control command, without performing switching between the first display screen and the second display screen, when the display region corresponding to the staircase is selected after the illumination icon displayed in the display region corresponding to the staircase included in the first floor plan is selected, the first control command controlling ON/OFF of power for the illumination device that is associated with the staircase; and output, to the network, the first control command, without performing switching between the first display screen and the second display screen, when the display region corresponding to the staircase is selected after the illumination icon displayed in the display region corresponding to the staircase included in the second floor plan is selected, wherein, when the illumination icon displayed in the display region corresponding to the staircase is selected, the first control command is not output to the network until the display region corresponding to the staircase is selected.