According to one embodiment, a support system includes a server and a terminal device capable of communicating with the server. The terminal device includes an input circuit configured to receive a first signal which indicates that a user is awake, and a controller coupled to the input circuit and configured to determine to provide support to the user based on the first signal.

There are provided a fixed terminal device, a control method, and a control program capable of transmitting detection data even when a communication destination is outside a communicable area of a private network. A fixed terminal device 100 is used in a communicable range with both the first and second wireless communication networks different from each other. The fixed terminal device 100 includes a sensor device, first and second reading units 130 and 140, a selection unit 601, and a transmission unit. The first and second reading units read authentication information for connecting to the first and second wireless communication networks, respectively. The selection unit selects which of the first wireless communication network and the second wireless communication network to transmit transmission data based on data from the sensor device. The transmission unit, after the wireless communication network selected by the selection unit is authenticated by using the authentication information, transmits the transmission data by using the wireless communication network that has been authenticated.

A sound masking system for shaping the ambient noise level in a physical environment. The sound masking system comprises a networked and distributed system having a number of master units coupled together and to a control unit. One or more of the master units may include satellite sound masking units which function to reproduce the sound masking signal generated by the master sound masking unit. Each of the master units is addressable over the network by the control unit enabling the control unit to program the contour, spectral band, and gain characteristics of the sound masking output signal. The system may also include a remote control unit which provides the capability to tune and adjust each master sound masking unit in situ without requiring physical access through the ceiling installation.

A sound masking system for shaping the ambient noise level in a physical environment. The sound masking system comprises a networked and distributed system having a number of master units coupled together and to a control unit. One or more of the master units may include satellite sound masking units which function to reproduce the sound masking signal generated by the master sound masking unit. Each of the master units is addressable over the network by the control unit enabling the control unit to program the contour, spectral band, and gain characteristics of the sound masking output signal. The system may also include a remote control unit which provides the capability to tune and adjust each master sound masking unit in situ without requiring physical access through the ceiling installation.