Patent ID: 11929972
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Field: Digital communication (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G  Y | IPC H

Claim 0:
1. An information processing method executed by a computer to control notification related to an appliance by a plurality of terminals associated with the appliance, the appliance being operable by operating each of the plurality of terminals, the information processing method comprising:
obtaining information defining, for each state of a plurality of possible states of the appliance, whether the appliance is in a predetermined state that requires the notification related to the appliance by all of the plurality of terminals;
obtaining a state of the appliance;
determining whether the state of the appliance obtained is the predetermined state;
when it is determined that the state of the appliance is the predetermined state, performing the control to cause all of the plurality of terminals to make the notification related to the appliance with a first notification manner;
when it is determined that the state of the appliance is not the predetermined state, performing the control to cause one or more specific terminals among the all of the plurality of terminals, which are less than all the plurality of terminals, to make the notification related to the appliance with a second notification manner different from the first notification manner,
obtaining terminal information about each of the plurality of terminals, the terminal information including an operation history of each of the plurality of terminals;
calculating an operation frequency of the appliance for each of the plurality of terminals, from the operation history, and
determining, as the one or more specific terminals, one or more terminals whose operation frequency is higher than a predetermined frequency out of the plurality of terminals.