Home device, remote control system and program

A remote control system comprising an in-home controller for use in a home, a terminal device, and a server located outside the home,

• the in-home controller comprising:
• a first communicator configured to communicate with the terminal device;
• a second communicator configured to communicate with the server;
• a manager registry configured to accept a manager registration operation by a user via the terminal device and perform a manager registration based on information inputted by the user during the manager registration operation;
• a data transmitter configured to, when the manager registration operation is accepted,
• determine whether the second communicator and the server are in a communicative state with each other;
• if the second communicator and the server are determined to be in the communicative state with each other, transmit data to the server via the second communicator, the data containing (i) information included in the information inputted by the user and (ii) a controller identification of the in-home controller, and
• if the second communicator and the server are determined to be in a non-communicative state with each other, not transmit the data to the server via the second communicator, and thereafter upon the non-communicative state changing to the communicative state, transmit the data to the server via the second communicator;
• and
• a device controller configured to
• when the manager registration is completed by the manager registry, upon the device controller receiving, from the terminal device, control request data related to control of an electrical device installed in the home,
• control the electrical device according to content of the control request data,
• the server comprising:
• a third communicator configured to communicate with the in-home controller and the terminal device;
• a database in which customer information is registered;
• and
• a server controller configured to update, upon receiving the data from the in-home controller via the third communicator, the database based on content of the received data.

A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium having stored thereof a program that causes a computer, including a communication interface for communicating with a sever located outside a home, to function as:

• a manager registry configured to accept a manager registration operation by a user via a terminal device and perform a manager registration based on information inputted by the user during the manager registration operation;
• and
• a data transmitter configured to, when the manager registration operation is accepted,
• determine whether the communication interface and the server are in a communicative state with each other;
• if the communication interface and the server are determined to be in the communicative state with each other, transmit data to the server via the communication interface, the data containing (i) information included in the information inputted by the user and (ii) a controller identification of itself,
• if the communication interface and the server are determine to be in a non-communicative state with each other, not transmit the data to the server via the communication interface, and thereafter upon the non-communicative state changing to the communicative state, transmit the data to the server via the communication interface;
• and
• a device controller configured to
• when the manager registration is completed by the manager registry, upon the device controller receiving, from the terminal device, control request data related to control of an electrical device installed in the home,
• control the electrical device according to content of the control request data.