Patent ID: 9425606
Filing Date: 2016-08-23
CPC Classification: H02H,H04B

Claim Text:
1. An information communication device comprising: a communication unit having an infrastructure communication function used for wireless LAN (local area network) communication with another device via a basic network and an ad-hoc communication function used for the wireless LAN direct communication with another device without using the basic network, the basic network including an electric system network and a communication system network independent of each other, the electric system network supplying electricity to an indoor electric device via a smart meter, the communication system network being established in parallel with the electric system network by at least one of wire communication or wireless communication with the smart meter; a monitoring unit to detect a failure in the basic network or a recovery of the basic network from the failure; a communication function switching unit to switch a communication function of the communication unit from the infrastructure communication function to the ad-hoc communication function upon a detection of the failure in the basic network by the monitoring unit, and to switch a communication function of the communication unit from the ad-hoc communication function to the infrastructure communication function upon a detection of the recovery from the failure; a storage unit to store a contact used to inform the failure in the basic network or the recovery of the basic network from the failure; a message generator unit to generate a notification message of the failure in the basic network upon the detection of the failure in the basic network, and to generate the notification message of the recovery of the basic network from the failure upon the detection of the recovery of the basic network from the failure; a control requesting unit to generate a control instruction for controlling a neighboring self-power-generating device to supply electricity to the smart meter and the information communication device itself in a case that communication with the neighboring self-power-generating device by communication using the ad-hoc communication function is enabled; and a transmitter to transmit the notification message generated by the message generator unit to the contact retrieved from the storage and to transmit the control instruction generated by the control requesting unit to the neighboring self-power-generating device, by a switched communication function.