Communication control method, terminal, and recording medium
View Patent ↗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.
1 . 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.
2 . The communication control method according to claim 1 , wherein
reception of the notification includes:
reception of a notification transmitted by a server to the terminal after the notification is transmitted by the object to the server, the notification indicating that the operation or the state managed by the object has changed.
3 . The communication control method according to claim 1 , further comprising:
selecting the object from among one or more candidate objects, wherein the selecting includes:
obtaining one or more first timings when the apparatus operates and one or more second timings when the operation or the state of each of the one or more candidate objects changes; and
from among the one or more candidate objects, selecting, as the object, a candidate object whose correlation between the one or more second timings of the candidate object and the one or more first timings is at least a predetermined level.
4 . The communication control method according to claim 3 , wherein
the one or more first timings are one or more timings when the body composition scale measures a body weight of a user, and
the one or more second timings are one or more timings when the washing machine changes from a state in which the deodorizing function is not operating to a state in which the deodorizing function is operating.
5 . 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.
6 . A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute the communication control method according to claim 1 .