INFORMATION COMMUNICATION SYSTEM, METHOD THEREOF, AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM

• US 20140046836A1
• Filed: 06/17/2013
• Published: 02/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/10/2012
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: KANEKO, Yu, MATSUZAWA, Shigeo, MAEGAWA, Tomonori
• Application Number:
  US13/919,254
• Publication Number:
  US 20140046836A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 30/04 Billing or invoicing

Abstract

According to some embodiments, there is provided an information communication system including: an information transmitting unit and an information receiving unit. The information transmitting unit transmits first information specifying a power price to a terminal device of a power consumer. The information receiving unit receives second information indicating whether the power consumer has recognized the first information from the terminal device or a different terminal device of the power consumer.

Claims

1. An information communication system comprising:

an information transmitting unit configured to transmit first information specifying a power price to a terminal device of a power consumer; and

an information receiving unit configured to receive second information indicating whether the power consumer has recognized the first information from the terminal device or a different terminal device of the power consumer.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein

the information transmitting unit is configured to transmit the first information to an aggregator which subordinates the terminal device of the power consumer, and

the information receiving unit is configured to receive the second information indicating whether the power consumer has recognized the first information, from the aggregator.

3. The system according to claim 1, further comprising

a calculating unit is configured to correct the power price on the basis of the second information.

4. The system according to claim 1, comprising a collecting unit and a calculating unit, wherein

the information transmitting unit is configured to transmit the first information to the terminal device or an aggregator which subordinates the terminal device of the power consumer,

the information receiving unit is configured to receive the second information from the terminal device or the different terminal device or the aggregator,

the collecting unit is configured to acquire third information indicating power consumption of the power consumer from the terminal device, the different terminal device or the aggregator, and

the calculating unit is configured to calculate a billing price to the power consumer on the basis of the third information and the second information.

5. The system according to claim 4, wherein the calculating unit is configured to correct the power price on the basis of the second information and calculate the billing price on the basis of a corrected power price and the third information.

6. The system according to claim 5, wherein the second information indicates one of a plurality of states including:

a first state in which the first information has not reached the terminal device;

a second state in which the first information has reached the terminal device but has not been recognized by the power consumer; and

a third state in which the first information has reached the terminal device and has been recognized by the power consumer.

7. The system according to claim 6, wherein the calculating unit is configured to

calculate a success rate of transmission of the first information to the terminal device, and

correct the power price on the basis of the transmission success rate.

8. The system according to claim 6, wherein the calculating unit is configured to

calculate a recognition rate of the first information for the power consumer, and

correct the power price on the basis of the recognition rate.

9. The system according to claim 6, wherein the calculating unit is configured to

calculate an acquisition success rate or acquisition failure rate of the second information for the information receiving unit, and

correct the power price on the basis of the acquisition success rate or the acquisition failure rate.

10. The system according to claim 4, wherein

the first information includes specification of the power price for each of a plurality of time periods, and

the power price is corrected only for a specific time period among the plurality of time periods.

11. The system according to claim 1, further comprising

a storage configured to store a history of the second information received by the information receiving unit for the power consumer.

12. An method comprising:

transmitting first information specifying a power price to a terminal device of a power consumer; and

receiving second information indicating whether the power consumer has recognized the first information from the terminal device or a different terminal device of the power consumer.

13. A non-transitory computer readable medium having instructions stored therein which causes, when executed by a computer, to execute steps comprising:

transmitting first information specifying a power price to a terminal device of a power consumer; and

receiving second information indicating whether the power consumer has recognized the first information from the terminal device or a different terminal device of the power consumer.