To efficiently receive information distribution from the other equipment.
Information equipment 11 is constituted, so that the switching of a first communication mode for receiving information distribution from the other equipment via short-range radio communication equipment 14, and for receiving all the push demands of information from an unspecified equipment, existing in a communicatable range and a second communication mode for receiving only the push request of information from equipment having identification information preliminarily registered by a user, and for rejecting push demands from equipment other than the mentioned equipment. Switching of these communication modes is executed instantaneously via a communication mode changeover switch 21 as hardware executable by the user with one operation.
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