| 摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To associate an apparatus with a socket to which the apparatus is connected. <P>SOLUTION: An apparatus management server 20 includes: an electric power usage amount acquisition unit 25 for acquiring information on an electric power usage amount in each of multiple sockets S1 to Sn; a communication unit 26 for performing communication with a target apparatus of apparatuses 90 connected to a network 2 to change an electric power usage amount of the target apparatus; a socket identification unit 27 for, on the basis of the information acquired by the electric power usage amount acquisition unit 25, identifying a socket of which electric power usage amount is changed in a time zone associated with the communication; and an association unit 24 for associating the target apparatus with the socket identified by the socket identification unit 27. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2013,JPO&INPIT |
