Remote control system, remote commander and remote control method, apparatus to be remotely controlled, and computer system

摘要

When apparatuses controllable via a network exist inside and outside a user's visual range, a user remotely controls at least one of the apparatuses via the network using a predetermined control point in a remote control system. The remote control system includes the following: a mechanism that causes the control point to transmit a command for specifying an apparatus to be controlled via the network to an apparatus to be specified in accordance with a user's apparatus specifying operation; and a mechanism that causes the apparatus that has received the command for specifying an apparatus to be controlled to transmit a response via the network to the control point as well as to perform an operation using a device attached to the body of the apparatus in response to the command.