Patent ID: 8019377

Claim:
An information notification apparatus comprising: a communication unit for communicating with a stationary electronic device and communicating by radio with a portable communication terminal; a storage unit for storing notification information from said electronic device, said notification information being defined in advance as information of which the portable communication terminal is to be notified; and a control unit for controlling said communication unit and said storage unit, said control unit including: a determination unit for determining that said portable communication terminal is in a state where said portable communication terminal can communicate by radio; a writing unit for receiving the notification information from said electronic device, and writing into said storage unit said received notification information, in response to a determination by said determination unit that said portable communication terminal is not in said state where said portable communication terminal can communicate by radio; and a communication control unit for controlling said communication unit such that said portable communication terminal is notified of the notification information from said electronic device, in response to a determination by said determination unit that said portable communication terminal is in said state where said portable communication terminal can communicate by radio.