Communication control method, terminal, and recording medium
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsTomohiro Yokota, Mariko Nakaso, Masafumi Okubo
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Abstract
By communicating with an object having a communication function and having a function of monitoring a change in operation or state of the object, it is determined whether a notification indicating that the operation or the state managed by the object has changed has been received, and when it is determined that the notification has been received, waiting for reception of an announcement signal for establishing short-range wireless communication with an apparatus different from the object is performed.
Claims6
A communication control method for a terminal, comprising:
- determining whether a notification has been received, by communicating with an object different from the terminal, having a communication function and having a function of monitoring a change in operation or state of the object, the notification indicating that the operation or the state managed by the object has changed;
- and
- when it is determined that the notification has been received, performing waiting for reception of an announcement signal for establishing short-range wireless communication with an apparatus different from the object, wherein:
- the apparatus is a body composition scale,
- the object is a washing machine having a deodorizing function for deodorizing an inside of a washing machine tub, and
- the notification indicates that the deodorizing function has changed from a non-operating state to an operating state.
A terminal comprising:
- a communication controller that determines whether a notification has been received, by communicating with an object different from the terminal, having a communication function and having a function of monitoring a change in operation or state of the object, the notification indicating that the operation or the state managed by the object has changed;
- and
- a communicator that performs, when the communication controller determines that the notification has been received, waiting for reception of an announcement signal for establishing short-range wireless communication with an apparatus different from the object, wherein:
- the apparatus is a body composition scale,
- the object is a washing machine having a deodorizing function for deodorizing an inside of a washing machine tub, and
- the notification indicates that the deodorizing function has changed from a non-operating state to an operating state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.