Apparatus and method for managing power of an electronic appliance

摘要

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.

主权项

1. An apparatus for managing power, the apparatus comprising:
in a power network comprising at least one electronic appliance, one or more processors in the apparatus being operable to:
authenticate the at least one electronic appliance based on verification of a digital signature acquired from the at least one electronic appliance and register the at least one authenticated electronic appliance as a managed appliance;temporarily register another electronic appliance as another managed appliance based on verification of another digital signature acquired from the another electronic appliance, wherein the another electronic appliance is previously registered with another apparatus;supply power to the managed appliance and the another managed appliance;acquire first managed appliance information from the managed appliance and second managed appliance information from the another managed appliance;determine a state of the managed appliance and the another managed appliance based on the first managed appliance information and the second managed appliance information; andcontrol supply of power from a power storage apparatus managed by the apparatus to the managed appliance or the another managed appliance, when power supplied from an external power supplier has stopped, according to a type of outlet with which the managed appliance or the another managed appliance is connected.