INFORMATION NOTIFICATION METHOD

摘要

A server (200) receives, from one of one or more electrical home appliances, an appliance log that includes the on/off state of said electrical home appliance. Said server (200) also receives, from a handheld device (300) used by the user of the electrical home appliances, location information for said handheld device (300). The server (200) compares location information for a house (100) with the location information for the handheld device (300), and if the server (200) determines that the handheld device (300) is within a prescribed distance of the house (100) and the abovementioned electrical home appliance is in an "on" state, while the handheld device (300) is within the aforementioned prescribed distance of the house, the server (200) provides the handheld device (300) with information to the effect that the aforementioned electrical home appliance is in the aforementioned "on" state.