Patent ID: 8863228
Filing Date: 2014-10-14
Classification: G01D,H02J,H04L,H04Q,Y02B,Y02E,Y04S

Abstract:
1. A computer-implemented energy management apparatus comprising: a communicator capable of communicating with at least a meter apparatus among the meter apparatus and a server apparatus, the meter apparatus measuring a used energy amount of a device and the server apparatus collecting measurement information from the meter apparatus; a device registration processor configured to determine whether direct communication with the server apparatus is possible for the communicator; if direct communication with the server apparatus is possible, transmit to the server apparatus a device registration message that requests to register a device identifier of the meter apparatus and a device identifier of the energy management apparatus to be associated with each other in the server apparatus; and, if direct communication with the server apparatus is not possible, transmit a registration instruction to the meter apparatus that instructs a transmission of the device registration message to the server apparatus; a communication processor configured to obtain energy control information of the device via a network from the server apparatus; and a control executor configured to control the used energy amount of the device based on the energy control information, wherein at least one of the communicator, the device registration processor, the communication processor and the control executor is implemented in hardware.