Patent ID: 6456893
Filing Date: 2002-09-24
Classification: G05B

Abstract:
An apparatus management system for managing at least one apparatus having machine information indicative of its initial conditions, status information and/or control information, and outputting them when said apparatus is energized by a power supply subsequently and periodically, said system comprising:a constructor connected to the apparatus and installed inside of a watt-hour meter for constructing and holding a virtual machine corresponding to the apparatus in response to the machine information, the status information and/or the control information received from the apparatus, said constructor being configured to update and output the virtual machine held therein in response to new information received from the apparatus; and a controller connected to said constructor and having a storing unit for holding the virtual machine received from the constructor and an input unit for receiving information for controlling the apparatus, said controller capable of updating the virtual machine held in said storing unit when information is inputted to said input unit, and of sending an updated virtual machine to said constructor, wherein said constructor is enabled to control the apparatus when the updated virtual machine is received from said controller.