METHOD AND PROGRAM FOR CONTROLLING PORTABLE INFORMATION TERMINAL

摘要

Address information of a mail to be transmitted by a mail communication function is extracted from the mail to be transmitted; a transmission time of the mail to be transmitted is extracted from a portable information terminal; and judgment is made as to whether the address information matches predetermined address information and whether the transmission time belongs to a predetermined time zone. When the address information matches the predetermined address information, and the address information belongs to the predetermined time zone, an activation time at which a household appliance is to be activated is determined on the basis of the transmission time, and a control command for activating the household appliance at the activation time is transmitted to a network.

主权项

1. A method for controlling a portable information terminal connectable to a network, to which a target device in a house, or a server for controlling the target device is connected, the portable information terminal being provided with a mail communication function, the control method causing a computer of the portable information terminal to:
extract, from a mail to be transmitted by the mail communication function, address information of the mail to be transmitted when it is detected that the mail communication function is activated; extract a transmission time of the mail to be transmitted from the portable information terminal; judge whether the address information matches predetermined address information, with use of a first database in which the predetermined address information is registered; judge whether the transmission time belongs to a predetermined time zone, with use of a second database in which the predetermined time zone is registered; and determine an activation time at which the target device is to be activated on the basis of the transmission time, and transmit, to the network, a control command for activating the target device at the activation time when it is judged that the address information matches the predetermined address information and that the transmission time belongs to the predetermined time zone.