A method for controlling an information apparatus, the information apparatus having a touch panel display and being connected to a network, an electric shutter device being controlled over the network, the electric shutter device being capable of opening and closing a shutter (220, 230) through a remote operation, the method causing a computer of the information apparatus to: display an operation icon on a display screen of the information apparatus, the operation icon causing an operation screen for the electric shutter device to be displayed; display the operation screen for the electric shutter device when selection of the operation icon is sensed, the operation screen including a shutter image (412, 421) representing the shutter (220, 230) of the electric shutter device; when a swipe operation is sensed on the operation screen, output to the network a movement control command for moving the shutter (220, 230) of the electric shutter device in a swipe direction of the swipe operation; and when the swipe operation is sensed on the operation screen, the shutter (220, 230) represented in the shutter image (412, 421) is moved a distance in accordance with an amount of movement in the swipe direction of the swipe operation, characterized in that the electric shutter device has a sensor which senses an obstacle ahead of an end portion of the shutter which moves, and a mechanism which stops movement of the shutter in a case where the obstacle is sensed ahead of the end portion of the shutter which moves, and the method for controlling the information apparatus causes the computer of the information apparatus to: in a case where stop information, which indicates that movement of the shutter (220, 230) of the electric shutter device has been stopped before the shutter reaches a closed position, is received via the network, and in a case where the shutter (220, 230) represented in the shutter image (412, 421) is varied into a closed state, return the shutter (220, 230) represented in the shutter image (412, 421) in a second direction opposite to a first direction which is a moving direction of the shutter (220, 230) represented in the shutter image (412, 421). display an operation icon on a display screen of the information apparatus, the operation icon causing an operation screen for the electric shutter device to be displayed; display the operation screen for the electric shutter device when selection of the operation icon is sensed, the operation screen including a shutter image (412, 421) representing the shutter (220, 230) of the electric shutter device; when a swipe operation is sensed on the operation screen, output to the network a movement control command for moving the shutter (220, 230) of the electric shutter device in a swipe direction of the swipe operation; and when the swipe operation is sensed on the operation screen, the shutter (220, 230) represented in the shutter image (412, 421) is moved a distance in accordance with an amount of movement in the swipe direction of the swipe operation, in a case where stop information, which indicates that movement of the shutter (220, 230) of the electric shutter device has been stopped before the shutter reaches a closed position, is received via the network, and in a case where the shutter (220, 230) represented in the shutter image (412, 421) is varied into a closed state, return the shutter (220, 230) represented in the shutter image (412, 421) in a second direction opposite to a first direction which is a moving direction of the shutter (220, 230) represented in the shutter image (412, 421).