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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 14, 2012
Koji Matsumoto, Osaka, JP;
Koji Matsumoto, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A server () includes a server communication unit () for communicating with a portable terminal () and a home appliance (), a position-determining unit () for acquiring information on a position of the terminal () during communication, an initial screen storage () for storing different position conditions and a collection of screen information defining respective content of initial screens corresponding to the conditions, and an activation unit (). If position information obtained based on the information on the position acquired through the position-determining unit () corresponds to any position condition of the different position conditions, the unit () retrieves screen information defining content of an initial screen corresponding to the position condition from the storage () to provide the terminal () with the information.