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Abstract

Appropriate operation control over appliances is provided depending on the status of the user and the appliances. An appliance status acquisition unit 101 acquires the operating status of appliances used by a user and a user status acquisition unit 102 acquires user information related to the user. An appliance status management unit 103 makes an assessment as to the need for operation control over the appliances based on the operating status and user status. An activity concern level assessment unit 104 makes an assessment as to the user's level of concern with the activities of the appliances based on the operating status and user status and an activity importance level assessment unit 105 makes an assessment as to the importance level of the activities of the appliances based on the operating status and user status. An appliance operation arbitration unit 107 determines the method of operation control over the appliances based on the level of concern and the level of importance and an appliance operation control unit 107 provides operation instructions to the appliances. Such an appliance operation control device 100 makes it possible to carry out operation control of a plurality of appliances not only with account taken of the status of the appliances, but also based on the status of the user, with account taken of the importance level of the activities of the appliances and the user's level of concern and personal preferences with respect to the activities of the appliances.

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