Control apparatus, method for controlling control apparatus, server, controlled apparatus, control system, and storage medium storing control program

A method for controlling a control apparatus that controls a controlled apparatus via a server, comprising:

• a first displaying step of displaying images in such a manner as to be selectable by a user, each of the images being associated with (i) a piece of specifying information for specifying a controlled apparatus and (ii) a piece of instruction information for instructing the controlled apparatus to execute a predetermined process;
• and
• an instruction step of transmitting, in a case where the user selects at least one of the images displayed in the first displaying step, a piece of image information indicative of said at least one of the images to the server, so as to cause a controlled apparatus that is specified by a piece of specifying information associated with said at least one of the images to execute a predetermined process that is instructed by a piece of instruction information associated with said at least one of the images, wherein
• in the instruction step, the piece of image information is transmitted to the server providing a social network service which enables information to be shared by users having been registered in advance;
• and
• said method further comprises:
• a second displaying step of displaying, as information having been shared by all the users who have been registered in advance, pieces of information including at least the piece of image information transmitted by the instruction step;
• and
• an obtaining step of obtaining, from the server, a result of execution of the predetermined process carried out by the controlled apparatus,
• in a case where the result of execution is obtained in the obtained step, the result of execution is further displayed in the second displaying step, as information having been shared by all the users who have been registered in advance, in the vicinity of the pieces of information displayed in such a manner as to be viewed at a glance,
• in a case where a user selects a plurality of ones of the images, the instruction step transmits a plurality of pieces of image information indicative of the respective plurality of ones of the images to the server, so as to cause a controlled apparatus specified by a plurality of pieces of specifying information associated with the respective plurality of ones of the images to sequentially execute predetermined processes instructed by a plurality of pieces of instruction information associated with the respective plurality of ones of the images.

A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing therein a control program for causing a computer to function as a control apparatus for controlling a controlled apparatus via a server,

• said control program causing the computer to execute:
• a first displaying step of displaying images in such a manner as to be selectable by a user, each of the images being associated with (i) a piece of specifying information for specifying a controlled apparatus and (ii) a piece of instruction information for instructing the controlled apparatus to execute a predetermined process;
• and
• an instruction step of transmitting, in a case where the user selects at least one of the images displayed in the first displaying step, a piece of image information indicative of said at least one of the images to the server, so as to cause a controlled apparatus that is specified by a piece of specifying information associated with said at least one of the images to execute a predetermined process that is instructed by a piece of instruction information associated with said at least one of the images, wherein
• in the instruction step, the piece of image information is transmitted to the server providing a social network service which enables information to be shared by users having been registered in advance;
• and
• said control program further causing the computer to execute:
• a second displaying step of displaying, as information having been shared by all the users who have been registered in advance, pieces of information including at least the piece of image information transmitted by the instruction step;
• and
• an obtaining step of obtaining, from the server, a result of execution of the predetermined process carried out by the controlled apparatus,
• in a case where the result of execution is obtained in the obtained step, the result of execution is further displayed in the second displaying step, as information having been shared by all the users who have been registered in advance, in the vicinity of the pieces of information displayed in such a manner as to be viewed at a glance,
• in a case where a user selects a plurality of ones of the images, the instruction step transmits a plurality of pieces of image information indicative of the respective plurality of ones of the images to the server, so as to cause a controlled apparatus specified by a plurality of pieces of specifying information associated with the respective plurality of ones of the images to sequentially execute predetermined processes instructed by a plurality of pieces of instruction information associated with the respective plurality of ones of the images.