Method for controlling the functioning of at least one smart home appliance and network system

A method for controlling the functioning of at least one smart home appliance of a network system comprising a cloud server, a terminal device storing and executing at least one program including instructions and at least one smart home appliance, said at least one smart home appliance being registered in said cloud server, wherein the method comprises:

• receiving a selection on said terminal device of one or more first smart home appliances of said at least one registered smart home appliance;
• receiving a selection on said terminal device of one or more first control instructions;
• associating said selected one or more first control instructions to said selected one or more first smart home appliances;
• receiving a selection on said terminal device of a respective trigger event for each one of said selected one or more first control instructions;
• receiving an activation command on said terminal device to enable operation of the one or more first smart home appliances;
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• sending, by said cloud server, said selected one or more first control instructions to said selected one or more first smart home appliances according to said trigger event.