Patent ID: 8655343

Claim:
A remote control system comprising: a server; and an information terminal apparatus, which is connected to a cellular phone terminal through a local network connection, wherein the server is configured to receive a request to remotely control the information terminal apparatus, wherein the server is further configured to authenticate validity of the request, and, when the request is valid, to receive a request by a user specifying a phone number of a particular access point of a cellular phone communication network that corresponds to the cellular phone terminal, wherein the server connects to the cellular phone terminal using the phone number of the particular access point and transmits a start-up instruction packet to the particular access point via the cellular phone communication network, wherein the particular access point sends the start-up instruction packet to the information terminal apparatus via the local network connection, and wherein, upon receiving such a start-up instruction packet transmitted from the server, the information terminal apparatus is configured to start up and to establish a network connection to the server.