Abstract: An information notification apparatus includes: a communication unit which receives first device information and first history information from a first device and then transmits notification; an information collection database which holds, based on the first device information received by the communication unit, the received first history information in association with the held first device information; a determination unit which determines need to transmit notification of the first device when information included in the first history information held in the information collection database satisfies a condition; a display device designation unit which designates, based on destination information and the received first device information, a display device on which notification of the first device is to be displayed; and a generation unit which generates notification when the determination unit determines need to transmit the notification of the first device, wherein the communication unit transmits the gener

Abstract: An information providing method is an information providing method for consumer electronics devices, a display device, and a server, all of which are connected via a public network, the information providing method including: (a) receiving, by the server from the consumer electronics devices, information pieces on the consumer electronics devices; (b) filtering, by the server, the information pieces on the consumer electronics devices received in step (a), to obtain one or more filtered information pieces, and performing, by the server, processing for generating display information for display, by the display device, in a specific display format; and (c) transmitting, by the server, the display information generated in step (b) to the display device.

Abstract: An information-providing method provides a notification relating to an item owned by a user in accordance with change in condition of the item. The information-providing method is implemented on a computer system that stores therein notifications that are each linked to one of a plurality of levels expressing possible conditions of the item. In the information-providing method, condition information is acquired which indicates change in condition of the item resulting from aging or use. Judgment is performed as to whether a current time is a provision time at which a notification is to be provided to the user. Upon judging affirmatively, a level matching condition of the item at the provision time is selected from among the levels, based on the condition information, and a notification linked to the selected level is determined to be the notification that is provided.

Abstract: An information notification apparatus includes: a communication unit which receives first device information and first history information from a first device and then transmits notification; an information collection database which holds, based on the first device information received by the communication unit, the received first history information in association with the held first device information; a determination unit which determines need to transmit notification of the first device when information included in the first history information held in the information collection database satisfies a condition; a display device designation unit which designates, based on destination information and the received first device information, a display device on which notification of the first device is to be displayed; and a generation unit which generates notification when the determination unit determines need to transmit the notification of the first device, wherein the communication unit transmits the gener

Abstract: An information sharing method that provides a graphical user interface image for sharing information relating to an appliance within a home among a plurality of users includes a receiving step of receiving, as home appliance event information, information on a state change of an appliance within a plurality of homes, a priority determining step of determining a priority of a home that is to be displayed in the graphical user interface image in accordance with an occurrence frequency of the home appliance event information within each home, and a home determining step of determining a home to be displayed in the graphical user interface image in accordance with the priority.

Abstract: An information notification method for providing information from a server device to a plurality of devices connected to a network, including: reading notification information stored in association with information indicating a particular action of a user; acquiring operation histories of the plurality of devices; estimating, based on operation histories of one or more devices owned by the user among the plurality of devices, a no-operation period during which the user is unlikely to operate the one or more devices; determining, based on current operation state of the one or more devices, whether the particular action has been performed outside the no-operation period; and transmitting, when outcome of the determining is affirmative, the notification information associated with the particular action to a destination device among the one or more devices owned by the user. The destination device provides the user with the notification information.

Abstract: An information-providing method provides a notification relating to an item owned by a user in accordance with change in condition of the item. The information-providing method is implemented on a computer system that stores therein notifications that are each linked to one of a plurality of levels expressing possible conditions of the item. In the information-providing method, condition information is acquired which indicates change in condition of the item resulting from aging or use. Judgment is performed as to whether a current time is a provision time at which a notification is to be provided to the user. Upon judging affirmatively, a level matching condition of the item at the provision time is selected from among the levels, based on the condition information, and a notification linked to the selected level is determined to be the notification that is provided.

Abstract: An information management method includes: receiving, from a manufacturer server via a network, device history information indicating a history of an operation of a device used by a first user and first anonymized user information generated by anonymizing, according to a predetermined rule, first user information including attribute information which allows identification of the first user; receiving, from a service provider server different from the manufacturer server via the network, service history information indicating a history of service used by a second user and second anonymized user information generated by anonymizing, according to the predetermined rule, second user information including attribute information which allows identification of the second user; and associating the device history information and the service history information and managing them as composite information, when the first anonymized user information and the second anonymized user information are determined to be identical

Abstract: A pH adjustor for drinks comprising a potassium salt as an active ingredient wherein said potassium salt comprises an effective amount for adjusting pH of at least two members selected from the group consisting of potassium carbonate, dipotassium hydrogenphosphate and potassium hydroxide, whereby the pH adjustor is capable of suppressing the deterioration of aroma and/or taste due to lowering of pH by retort sterilization.