Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Chie Hideishi

Takayuki Nagamatsu

Masaki Hashiura

Makoto Sakuta

Yoshihisa Waki

In a remote control system that causes a controlled appliance to perform a function specified with use of a terminal device, a function managing device manages functions including a first function and a second function associated with the first function.

Function managing device, remote control system, method for controlling function managing device, and recording medium storing control program therein

An agent server determines a posting timing of a message on a family message board on the basis of urgency associated with situation information based on which a message is generated and a posting state, which is obtained by the posting state obtaining section, on the family message board.

Message notification device, control method, and recording medium storing control program

An operation instruction detecting section detects an operation instruction from a message and specifies, as an instruction provider, a member who has posted the message. A report message displaying section causes a message, which (i) reports a result of an operation executed in accordance with the operation instruction and (ii) is explicitly directed to the instruction provider, to be displayed on a family message board.

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Osaka, Japan

Chie Hideishi