PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a usage situation management apparatus capable of allowing a user to efficiently use places such as meeting rooms as a management object.SOLUTION: The usage situation management apparatus includes: determination means that receives sounds, which are collected by a first handset at a place reserved by a someone, from the first handset and determines if the received sounds include any sounds which represent an existence of someone; and control means that, when receiving a search request for place, which has been reserved but is not used, from a second handset, transmits a piece of information relevant to a place which is determined that no sounds, which represent existence of person, are included by the determination means to the second handset.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1
展开▼