Patent ID: 9569081
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: A47H,E06B,G06F,G08C,H04L

Claim:
1. A control method for an information apparatus having a touch panel display and being connected to a network, one or more target devices being controlled over the network, the control method causing a computer of the information apparatus to: display a display screen on the touch panel display, the display screen representing a floor plan of a building; display device icons representing the one or more target devices on the display screen representing the floor plan, the device icons including an icon representing an electric curtain device that is capable of opening or closing a curtain through a remote operation; display an operation screen including a curtain image representing the curtain of the electric curtain device, on the display screen representing the floor plan, when selection of the icon representing the electric curtain device, among the one or more target devices, is sensed; and output a first open control command to the network when a pinch-out operation is sensed on the curtain image included in the operation screen, the first open control command being for opening the curtain of the electric curtain device corresponding to the selected icon.