Patent ID: 6844807

Claim:
A home electronics system, comprising: a control terminal device having a display function; a home server configured to be in signal communication with said control terminal device via a communication network; and a target device coupled to said home server for operating in response to a control signal; said control terminal device including a retrieval condition transmitting unit for transmitting a retrieval condition for said target device, a display for displaying a state of said target device in response to data received from said home server, and a control signal transmitting unit for transmitting a control signal controlling said target device after displaying the state of the target device on the display; said home server including a state transmitting unit configured to create data indicating the state of said target device matching with said retrieval condition received from the control terminal device for transmitting to said control terminal device, and a device controlling unit for controlling said target device based on the control signal received from said control signal transmitting unit.