System method for sending messages and commands to a device at a location distanced from the sending device

A consumer electronics (CE) device, comprising:

• at least one processor;
• at least one computer readable storage medium accessible to the processor and programmed with instructions which when executed by the processor cause the processor to execute logic comprising:
• responsive to a determination that the CE device is passing an outer distance from a home location going toward the home location, send a message to a recipient apparatus at the home location that a user of the CE device is approaching the home location;
• responsive to a determination that the CE device is passing the outer distance from the home location going toward the home location, send a command to at least one appliance at the home location to establish at least one configuration of the appliance;
• responsive to a determination that the CE device is passing an inner distance from the home location going toward the home location, send a message to a recipient apparatus at the home location that a user of the CE device is approaching the home location, the inner distance being less than the outer distance;
• and
• responsive to a determination that the CE device is passing the inner distance from the home location going toward the home location, send a command to at least one appliance at the home location to establish at least one configuration of the appliance.