Patent ID: 9423778
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: G05B,G06Q,H02J

Claim Text:
1. An intermediate apparatus adapted to manage a plurality of lower-level apparatuses each of which manages one or more pieces of facility equipment, the intermediate apparatus comprising: an intermediate controller including a memory unit and a control unit, the memory unit storm an intermediate controller program and lower-level apparatus management information related to each of the lower-level apparatuses, and the control unit being configured to execute the intermediate controller program stored in the memory unit, the control unit including the memory unit being further configured to the allocation unit being further programmed such that when the allocation unit allocates the prescribed portion to at least one of the lower-level apparatuses based on a new demand adjustment request, the allocation unit allocates the prescribed portion to the at least one of the lower-level apparatus according to the prescribed order, starting from the lower-level apparatus that immediately follows the lower-level apparatus indicated by the pointer as the lower-level apparatus to which the prescribed portion was last allocated.