A remote monitoring system which enables the owner and the custodian of a
facility to recognize an intrusion from the outside and the owner himself
to confirm the details of the intrusion, and which comprises a monitor
device (11) for detecting abnormalities of facility and photographing
them, and a control server (24) for receiving information from the
monitor device (11) to transmit it to mobile terminals (28). The control
server 24 (24) comprises an image DB (48) for storing received images in
conjunction with the monitor device, a customer/facility specifying unit
(44) in the monitor device for specifying mobile terminals carried by
customers, and a message preparing unit for preparing messages to be
notified to mobile terminals, thereby transmitting messages and contents
to mobile terminal (28).