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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 03, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 25, 2013
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Chikara Yoshida, Kanagawa, JP;
Masayuki Kozuka, Osaka, JP;
Toshihisa Nakano, Osaka, JP;
Tsutomu Sekibe, Osaka, JP;
Jun Yamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Kazushige Yamada, Osaka, JP;
Kenji Shimizu, Kanagawa, JP;
Masaki Takahashi, Osaka, JP;
Yuri Nishikawa, Osaka, JP;
Motoji Ohmori, Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Takemura, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Hosaka, Osaka, JP;
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
A control method for controlling at least one of a plurality of apparatuses. The control method includes: displaying candidate information and obtaining, via a network, an operation history of each of the apparatuses. The method includes generating a control signal for performing a predetermined control on a target apparatus, when the user confirms that the predetermined control is to be performed.