HOME ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CONTROL APPARATUS, HOME ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CONTROL SYSTEM, AND HOME ELECTRIC APPLIANCE CONTROL METHOD

摘要

A home electric appliance control apparatus communicates with a server that manages information about electric appliances in the home, and includes a detecting unit configured to detect whether a power supply source that supplies power to the electric appliances in the home is an external power transmission network or a backup power supply, a first communication unit configured to access an external network via a network connecting apparatus that receives power from the external power transmission network, a second communication unit configured to access the external network via a terminal that can operate without receiving the power, a selecting unit configured to select the first communication unit or the second communication unit according to the detected power supply source, and a control unit configured to control the first communication unit or second communication unit as selected to transmit information about the home electric appliance to the server.