JPS6417550A - Method and device for remote control by telephone set - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the generation of malfunction in an automation equipment by allowing a computer to execute various service only when a transmitter answers a question based upon a promise previously set by a subscriber. CONSTITUTION:When the transmitter inputs a telephone number by a communication means 2, a home computer 6 is started and a question is simultaneously sent to the transmitter through a telephone line 10 by a means 11 for generating the question based upon th promise previously set in a means 20 for recording conversation by the subscriber and capable of being understood only by the subscriber. The transmitter generates the answer based upon the promise for the question by an answering means 12 and whether the transmitter is the same as the subscriber or not is decided by a deciding means 15. Only a fact that the transmitter is the same as the subscriber is confirmed by a collating means 16, the operation of an equipment driving device 18 is controlled by a control circuit 5. Thus, the automation equipment can be prevented from generating malfunction.