In the central processing unit and the method and the monitored person monitoring system according to the present invention, correspondence relationship information representing the relationship in which the first and second operation accepting devices are associated with one-to-one or many-to-one correspondence is stored, 2 When receiving the first communication signal indicating that the second operation is accepted by the operation reception device, the first operation reception device corresponding to the second operation reception device of the received first communication signal transmits the correspondence relation information And a second process to be executed when the second operation is accepted is executed by taking over the first process corresponding to the selected first operation acceptance device.本発明にかかる中央処理装置および該方法ならびに被監視者監視システムでは、第1および第2操作受付装置を1対1または多対1で対応付けた関係を表す対応関係情報が記憶され、前記第2操作受付装置で第2操作を受け付けた旨を表す第1通信信号を受信した場合に、この受信した第1通信信号の第2操作受付装置に対応する第1操作受付装置が前記対応関係情報から選定され、この選定された第1操作受付装置に対応する第1処理を引き継いで、前記第2操作を受け付けた場合に実行される第2処理が実行される。
