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Communication system, communication apparatus, communication method, communication program and electric device

US9331749B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateFeb 28, 2012
Grant dateMay 3, 2016
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Expiry dateMar 21, 2032

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04B5/24
  • WIPO fieldTelecommunications
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A first communication unit transmits, to an electrical home appliance, request information that requests electrical home appliance specifying information for specifying the electrical home appliance after an approach instructing screen is displayed on a display unit, and receives response information including at least the electrical home appliance specifying information from the electrical home appliance after the first communication unit and the electrical home appliance have approached each other within a communicable range, and a display control unit switches a display screen to a menu screen that is unique to the electrical home appliance on the basis of the response information received by the first communication unit.

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