DATA MANAGING APPARATUS, METER APPARATUS AND DATA MANAGING METHOD

• US 20140304168A1
• Filed: 03/10/2014
• Published: 10/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba (Toshiba Corporation)
• Inventors: KANEKO, Yu, ISE, Kotaro, MATSUZAWA, Shigeo
• Application Number:
  US14/202,359
• Publication Number:
  US 20140304168A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/63
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 21/60 Protecting data
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/00 Administration; Management
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/06 Energy or water supply
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/0428 wherein the data content is protected, e.g. by encrypting or encapsulating the payload
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 63/06 for supporting key management in a packet data network cryptographic mechanisms or cryptographic arrangements for key management H04L9/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 9/008 involving homomorphic encryption

Abstract

According to one embodiment, there is provided a data managing apparatus including: a storage, a power consumption acquiring unit, an information generating unit and a sending unit. The storage stores information on an electricity unit price applied to a customer for each of a plurality of periods of time. The power consumption acquiring unit acquires a history of power consumption for the customer, from a meter apparatus of the customer. The information generating unit sums up the power consumption for ones of the periods of time for which same electricity unit price is applied to generate first information indicating an integrated value of the power consumption for each electricity unit price. The sending unit sends the first information to an external system.

Claims

1. A data managing apparatus comprising:

a storage to store information on an electricity unit price applied to a customer for each of a plurality of periods of time;

a power consumption acquiring unit to acquire a history of power consumption for the customer, from a meter apparatus of the customer;

an information generating unit to sum up the power consumption for ones of the periods of time for which same electricity unit price is applied to generate first information indicating an integrated value of the power consumption for each electricity unit price; and

a sending unit to send the first information to an external system.

2. The data managing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a decryption key acquiring unit,

wherein, as the history of the power consumption, the power consumption acquiring unit acquires power consumption measured and encrypted at a fixed time interval, from the meter apparatus,

the decryption key acquiring unit acquires a decryption key for each electricity unit price, from the meter apparatus,

the information generating unit sums up the encrypted power consumption for the ones of the periods of time for which the same electricity unit price is applied to generate second information indicating an integrated value of the encrypted power consumption for each electricity unit price, and

the communicating unit sends the second information and the decryption key for each electricity unit price to the external system, instead of the first information.

3. The data managing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a decryption key acquiring unit,

wherein, as the history of the power consumption, the power consumption acquiring unit acquires power consumption measured and encrypted at a fixed time interval, from the meter apparatus,

the decryption key acquiring unit acquires a decryption key for each electricity unit price, from the meter apparatus,

the information generating unit sums up the encrypted power consumption for the ones of the periods of time for which the same electricity unit price is applied to calculate an integrated value of the encrypted power consumption for each electricity unit price, and decrypts the integrated value with the decryption key for each electricity unit price to generate second information indicating the decrypted integrated value for each electricity unit price, and

the communicating unit sends the second information to the external system, instead of the first information.

4. A meter apparatus comprising:

a storage to store information on an electricity unit price applied to a customer for each of a plurality of periods of time;

a measuring unit to measure power consumption for the customer at a fixed time interval;

a key determining unit to switch a key for encryption, depending on time;

an encrypting unit to encrypt the power consumption measured by the measuring unit, with the key;

a decryption key generating unit to sum up keys used for encryption of the power consumption, for the ones of the periods of time for which same electricity unit price is applied to obtain a decryption key for each electricity unit price; and

a communicating unit to send the power consumption encrypted by the encryption unit and the decryption key for each electricity unit price, to a data managing apparatus.

5. A meter apparatus comprising:

a storage to store information on an electricity unit price applied to a customer for each of a plurality of periods of time;

a measuring unit to measure power consumption for the customer at a fixed time interval;

an information generating unit to sum up the power consumption for ones of the periods of time for which same electricity unit price is applied to generate information indicating an integrated value of the power consumption for each electricity unit price; and

a communicating unit to send the information to an external system.

6. A data managing method

providing information on an electricity unit price applied to a customer for each of a plurality of periods of time and a history of power consumption for the customer;

summing up the power consumption for ones of the periods of time for which same electricity unit price is applied to generate first information indicating an integrated value of the power consumption for each electricity unit price; and

sending the first information to an external system.

7. A data managing method

providing information on an electricity unit price applied to a customer for each of a plurality of periods of time;

measuring power consumption for a customer at a fixed time interval;

switching a key for encryption, depending on time;

encrypting the power consumption as measured, with the key;

summing up keys used for encryption of the power consumption for the ones of the periods of time for which same electricity unit price is applied to obtain a decryption key for each electricity unit price; and

sending the power consumption encrypted and the decryption key for each electricity unit price, to an external system.