Patent ID: 6924727

Claim:
A method for remote control of home-located electronic devices, comprising the steps of: receiving, at a management facility, from a terminal via a network, a request signal and a terminal identifier that identifies said terminal; identifying, in said managing facility a server, said server being identified by a server identifier that corresponds to said terminal identifier; obtaining, in said management facility, from said server via said network, status information and said server identifier, said status information indicative of the status of home-located electronic devices controlled by said server; generating display information for said terminal dependent upon the performance of said terminal, wherein said display information includes the status of said home-located electronic devices based on said status information and a prompt for input of a control instruction for said home-located electronic devices, said terminal being identified by said terminal identifier, said terminal identifier corresponding to said server identifier; transmitting said display information from said management facility to said terminal; displaying, with said terminal, a screen showing the status of said home-located electronic devices and a screen to prompt for input of a control instruction of said home-located electronic devices on the basis of the received display information; transmitting, by said terminal, said terminal identifier and first control information; generating, by said management facility, second control information that directs said server to perform control of said home-located electronic devices, on the basis of said first control information; transmitting, by said management facility, said second control information to said server, said server being identified by said server identifier that corresponds to said terminal identifier, and controlling, by said server, said home-located electronic devices on the basis of said second control information.