Patent ID: 7952227
Filing Date: 2011-05-31
Classification: G06F,H02J,H04L,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A feed intermediate apparatus comprising: a first requesting unit that requests a priority, first electric energy that can be fed by a feed source, and second electric energy that is required to charge a feed destination for each of the plurality of communication devices, the priority being a value that indicates degree of need of electricity feeding and is calculated from battery consumption degree; an acquiring unit that acquires the priority, the first electric energy, and the second electric energy for each of the plurality of communication devices, the acquiring unit storing acquired priority, first electric energy, and second electric energy in a memory; a selecting unit that selects a communication device that has the highest priority of feed need as a feed destination and selects a communication device that has the lowest priority of feed need as a feed source; a determining unit that determines whether feed electricity corresponding to the feed source is equal to or more than required electricity corresponding to the feed source by referring to the memory, the determining unit deleting the priority information for the feed source and the feed destination in the memory when feed electricity corresponding to the feed source is equal to or more than required electricity corresponding to the feed source; a connecting unit that connects the feed source and the feed destination determined by the determining unit when the determining unit determines that feed electricity corresponding to the feed source is equal to or more than required electricity corresponding to the feed source; and a second requesting unit that requests the feed source to supply electricity and the feed destination to charge a battery by electricity from the feed source.