Notifying a user that a warning status has occurred in a device

An electronic device, comprising:

• a detecting unit adapted to detect whether a warning status has occurred;
• a warning unit adapted to notify to a user that the warning status has occurred;
• and
• a communication unit adapted to transmit warning information indicating that the warning status has occurred,
• wherein, if the warning status is not released within a predetermined time, the communication unit transmits the warning information to a registered device that has been registered by the user as a device that is to receive the warning information,
• if the warning status is not released in spite of transmitting the warning information to the registered device and if it is determined that the user is not near the electronic device, the communication unit transmits the warning information to one or more hand-held terminals in an external network according to a predetermined order, and
• if the warning status is released within a predetermined time having elapsed from the transmission of the warning information to the hand-held terminal, the communication unit transmits warning released information indicating that the warning status has been released to the hand-held terminal.