Power Management Apparatus, Electronic Appliance, and Method of Managing Power
First Claim
1. A power management apparatus comprising:
- a managed appliance registering unit carrying out authentication on an electronic appliance connected to a power network and registering an electronic appliance for which the authentication has succeeded as a managed appliance;
a control unit controlling operation of the managed appliance and supplying of power to the managed appliance;
a managed appliance information acquiring unit acquiring, from the managed appliance, as managed appliance information, at least any of appliance information including identification information that is unique to the electronic appliance, information indicating an operation state of the electronic appliance, information indicating an usage state of the electronic appliance and power information of the electronic appliance; and
an appliance state judging unit judging a state of the managed appliance based on the managed appliance information acquired by the managed appliance information acquiring unit.
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Abstract
There is provided a power management apparatus including: a managed appliance registering unit carrying out authentication on an electronic appliance connected to a power network and registering an electronic appliance for which the authentication has succeeded as a managed appliance, a control unit controlling operation of the managed appliance and supplying of power to the managed appliance, a managed appliance information acquiring unit acquiring, from the managed appliance, as managed appliance information, at least any of appliance information including identification information that is unique to the electronic appliance, information indicating an operation state of the electronic appliance, information indicating an usage state of the electronic appliance and power information of the electronic appliance, and an appliance state judging unit judging a state of the managed appliance based on the managed appliance information acquired by the managed appliance information acquiring unit.
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9 Claims
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1. A power management apparatus comprising:
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a managed appliance registering unit carrying out authentication on an electronic appliance connected to a power network and registering an electronic appliance for which the authentication has succeeded as a managed appliance; a control unit controlling operation of the managed appliance and supplying of power to the managed appliance; a managed appliance information acquiring unit acquiring, from the managed appliance, as managed appliance information, at least any of appliance information including identification information that is unique to the electronic appliance, information indicating an operation state of the electronic appliance, information indicating an usage state of the electronic appliance and power information of the electronic appliance; and an appliance state judging unit judging a state of the managed appliance based on the managed appliance information acquired by the managed appliance information acquiring unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. An electronic appliance comprising:
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a storage unit storing a digital signature that has been authenticated by a specified certificate authority; an authentication processing unit carrying out an authentication process with a power management apparatus managing supplying of power to the electronic appliance using the digital signature stored in the storage unit, and registering the electronic appliance in the power management apparatus; and a control unit transmitting to the power management apparatus at least any of appliance information including identification information that is unique to the electronic appliance, information indicating an operation state of the electronic appliance, information indicating an usage state of the electronic appliance and power information of the electronic appliance. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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9. A method of managing power, comprising the steps of:
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carrying out authentication on an electronic appliance connected to a power network and registering an electronic appliance for which the authentication has succeeded as a managed appliance; acquiring, from the managed appliance, as managed appliance information, at least any of appliance information including identification information that is unique to the electronic appliance, information indicating an operation state of the electronic appliance, information indicating an usage state of the electronic appliance and power information of the electronic appliance; and judging a state of the managed appliance based on the managed appliance information acquired in the step of acquiring, wherein operation of the managed appliance and supplying of power to the managed appliance are controlled according to the state of the managed appliance.
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