Booking control apparatus, booking execution apparatus, booking control system, and booking control method

A booking control method of a booking control apparatus which causes execution of a preset booked operation at a preset start time,

• the booking control apparatus comprising a communication section communicating with an external apparatus;
• a display section displaying an image;
• and an operation section receiving an entering operation entered by a user,
• said method comprising the steps of:
• (a) detecting, within a communications radius of the communication section, an apparatus that is capable of executing the booked operation at the start time or at a time a predetermined period before the start time;
• (b) causing the display section to display an operation screen in a case where an apparatus that is capable of executing the booked operation is detected in the step (a), the operation screen being for remote controlling the apparatus detected in the step (a) and
• (c) transmitting via the communication section, when the operation section receives an entering operation, a control signal in accordance with the entering operation and the operation screen displayed in the step (b).