JP2006250768A - Method and system for utilizing and managing remote automatic read value of electric energy - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system for utilizing and managing remote automatic read value of electric energy capable of facilitating entry to high-value added service without much time and effort. <P>SOLUTION: This system comprises a service user home GW100 for collecting information of electric power used amount of a service user, a personal information management system 101 that is connected to the service user home GW100 via a network 103 and manages personal information including the information of electric power used amount of the service user collected by the service user home GW100, and a service providing system 102 that is connected to the service user home GW100 and the personal information management system 101 via the network 103 and provides a service based on the personal information. The personal information management system 101 has a gateway of information access control GW120 for performing access control to the personal information from the service providing system 102 based on the providing condition of the personal information determined by the service user. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention is an advanced technology required when a business operator who performs remote automatic meter reading of electric energy and a business operator who provides a high value-added service based on personal information carry out a service business by linking personal information. The present invention relates to a power amount remote automatic meter reading use management method and a power amount remote automatic meter reading use management system that require personal information security management.

  Conventionally, as a technique for configuring a power amount remote automatic meter reading value use management system, there are techniques shown below.

(1) Electricity remote automatic meter reading technology Conventionally, the electric meter manufacturer has disclosed the remote automatic meter reading technology for household electric energy as a product, and various technologies for remote automatic meter reading are disclosed. It had been.

(2) Service based on personal information such as electric power meter reading value As an example of using electric power consumption for energy consulting, there is an example described in Patent Document 1, for example.

(3) Data communication technology that maintains a high level of information security The amount of electricity used in a private home is information that is deeply related to the privacy of the individual, and the importance of information security such as information leakage is very high. As a technique for preventing information leakage, a technique for a communication path such as a VPN (Virtual Private Network) is known.

  Further, examples of applying the remote automatic meter reading value of the watt-hour meter to an energy consulting or home energy management system (HEMS) include an example shown in Patent Document 1 and an energy saving demonstration test of each electric power company. Both are energy-related services, which are power company main business-related services.

  On the other hand, in recent years, as described below, a service using a life pattern obtained by estimating a life pattern of a service user based on a change in power consumption is considered. For the provision of such services, it is desirable from the viewpoint of cost effectiveness (service quality) for users to enter the service industry who are familiar with the service contents.

○ Recent technological trends for life rhythm estimation In an individual house, the operation / stop status of electrical equipment that accompanies life rhythm such as presence / absence, wake-up / meal preparation / sleeping, etc. It is possible to observe by measuring at intervals of 30 minutes). On the contrary, various techniques have been studied by several research institutes regarding techniques for estimating life rhythms based on changes in power consumption.

  Regarding the idea of estimating the life rhythm from the amount of electric power used, an example of the idea is shown in Non-Patent Document 1 and the like.

○ Development to high value-added services As examples of value-added services using life rhythm estimation results due to changes in power consumption, the following service examples are possible.

-Nursing service by estimating changes in the health status of service users from disturbances in getting up / meal preparation / sleeping time- Delivery services such as meals in line with estimation of meal time zones- Linking with presence / absence estimation Home security service ・ Home delivery time schedule support service according to the average time of presence / absence ・ Various goods sales service according to lifestyle such as night type and day type
JP 2002-189779 A "Security arising from the advancement of home networking", a project sponsored by the Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association [Information System Common Infrastructure Development Promotion Project in the Residential Field], 2nd Results Presentation, November 2, 2001 , P5

  However, in the conventional power amount remote automatic meter reading usage management system, as a problem related to the cooperation of personal information, the service business that accesses personal information regarding the use of electronic personal information such as remote automatic meter reading data of power amount It is necessary for a person to prepare an institutional device and a device for maintaining a high level of information security regarding operations such as information collection and information storage. Each of the measures listed below is very time consuming and costly, and becomes a barrier to entry for high value-added services.

  For example, it is necessary to formulate policy guidelines and formulate protection of personal information as shown in (1) and (2) below based on these guidelines.

(1) Measures to ensure security related to physical storage of personal information This is a countermeasure by adopting a method of isolation from physical unauthorized access such as installing a data storage device in a room with a lockable door.

(2) Evaluation of information leakage risk when accessing stored personal information, and formulation of methods for ensuring security in data access based on this evaluation For example, dedicated lines, VPNs for ensuring information security on communication channels (Virtual Private Network), SSL (Secure Socket Layer), etc.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide an electric power remote automatic meter reading value utilization management system that can be easily entered into a high value-added service without taking time and cost.

  A power amount remote automatic meter reading value usage management method according to the present invention is installed in a service user's home and collects the power usage information of the service user, a service user home gateway, and the network A personal information management system owned by a personal information provider that manages personal information including power usage information of service users collected by the service user's home gateway, and the service user's home gateway and personal information management system A power amount remote automatic meter reading use management method in a power amount remote automatic meter reading use management system comprising a service providing system owned by a service provider that provides a service based on personal information and is connected via a network And the service user determined by personal information management system Based on the supply condition of the human information, and performs access control to private information from the service providing system.

  A power amount remote automatic meter reading value usage management system according to the present invention includes a service user home gateway that is installed in a service user's home and collects the power usage information of the service user, a service user home gateway, and a network. A personal information management system owned by a personal information provider that manages personal information including the power usage information of service users collected by the service user's home gateway, and the service user's home gateway and personal information A service providing system owned by a service provider that is connected to the management system via a network and provides a service based on personal information. The personal information management system conforms to the provision conditions of personal information determined by the service user. Based on the access control to the personal information from the service providing system And it has a information access control gateway to perform.

  According to the present invention, an information access control GW is installed on the personal information provider side for linking personal information, and a service provider that uses personal information such as a power meter remote meter reading value is assigned to the service user. By providing access to the personal information DB via the information access control GW, it is possible to easily access the personal information of service users, and a service providing business with relatively little technical support for information security other than the information industry. Even a person can easily receive the provision of personal information from a personal information provider that centrally manages the provision of personal information. As a result, service providers that provide high-value-added services based on personal information control investment related to advanced personal information security management, which is necessary when collaborating on personal information to implement service business, It is possible to reduce barriers to entry into services using the amount of power of the service provider of the service provider.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. Note that components having the same function are denoted by the same reference symbols throughout the drawings for describing the embodiment, and the repetitive description thereof will be omitted.

(Embodiment 1)
<Configuration of power amount remote automatic meter reading use management system>
The configuration of the electric power remote automatic meter reading value utilization management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 2 are configuration diagrams showing a configuration of a power amount remote automatic meter reading value utilization management system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention, and FIG. 1 shows an overall configuration of a power amount remote automatic meter reading value utilization management system. FIG. 2 and FIG. 2 are diagrams showing the configuration of a service user home gateway (hereinafter referred to as service user home GW).

  In FIG. 1, the remote power meter reading value usage management system includes a service user home GW 100 installed in a service user home, a personal information management system 101 owned by a personal information provider, and a service owned by a service provider. The service user home GW 100, the personal information management system 101, and the service provision system 102, which are configured from the provision system 102 and the network 103 and installed in the service user home, are connected to each other by the network 103, and can store personal information such as power consumption. Sending and receiving.

  The service user's home GW 100 acquires the power consumption from the watt-hour meter at the service user's home and transmits it to the personal information management system 101.

  The personal information management system 101 is a database management server (hereinafter referred to as a DB management server) 110 that manages the recording of personal information such as power consumption, the personal information management system 101, and transmission / reception of personal information via networks of other systems. Information access gateway (hereinafter referred to as “information access GW”) 120 that controls personal information.

  The DB management server 110 internally stores a user personal information database (hereinafter referred to as user personal information DB) 111 for recording personal information data, and in response to a command from the information access control GW 120, Performs data write / read management.

  The information access control GW 120 includes a personal information transmission / reception control DB 121 and a personal information transmission / reception control unit 122.

  A personal information transmission / reception control database (hereinafter referred to as a personal information transmission / reception control DB) 121 is a type of personal information for which write / read instructions to the DB management server 110 are permitted by the service user and personal information for the service providing system 102. Is a database that records information on the type of personal information that is permitted to be transmitted by the service user.

  The personal information transmission / reception control unit 122 receives the personal information of the service user such as the power usage amount via the network 103 in accordance with the contents of the personal information transmission / reception control DB 121. The received information is recorded in the user personal information DB 111 by the personal information transmission / reception control unit 122 instructing the DB management server 110.

  The personal information transmission / reception control unit 122 receives a personal information transmission request from the service providing system 102 via the network 103. The personal information transmission / reception control unit 122 compares the content of the received personal information request with the content of the personal information transmission / reception control DB 121, and determines that the requested personal information request has received the transmission permission of the service user. The management server 110 is instructed to read out the personal information from the user personal information DB 111 and transmit it to the service providing system 102 via the network 103.

  The service providing system 102 acquires personal information of the service user from the personal information management system 101 and provides various services based on the personal information to the service user.

  In FIG. 2, a service user's home GW 100 includes a watt-hour meter communication unit 210 connected to a watt-hour meter 202 connected to the domestic power line 201 and measuring power consumption, a network communication unit 213 communicating with the network 103, It consists of a CPU 211 and a memory 212.

  The CPU 211 inside the service user's home GW 100 reads the power usage measured by the watt-hour meter 202 from the watt-hour meter communication unit 210 and then writes it in the memory 212. The CPU 211 reads the written power usage amount from the memory 212 at a certain period and sends it to the network 103 via the network communication unit 213.

<Configuration and processing example of personal information transmission / reception control unit>
Next, the configuration and processing example of the personal information transmission / reception control unit according to the first embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 3 to 8 are explanatory diagrams for explaining a configuration and a processing example of the personal information transmission / reception control unit of the power amount remote automatic meter reading value use management system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention. FIG. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a processing example of the personal information transmission / reception control unit, FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are diagrams showing examples of data stored in the information storage table, and FIG. 7 and FIG. It is a figure which shows the example of data which a personal information transmission / reception control part receives.

  In FIG. 3, the personal information transmission / reception control unit 122 of the power amount remote automatic meter reading value use management system is stored in the transmission / reception control unit 301, the network communication control unit 302, the DB management communication control unit 303, and the personal information transmission / reception control DB 121. It consists of an information storage table 304.

  The personal information transmission / reception control unit 122 is controlled by the transmission / reception control unit 301 to transmit / receive personal information. The transmission / reception control unit 301 is transmitted from the service user's home GW 100 via the network 103 using the network communication control unit 302. The power usage amount information is read and the DB management communication control unit 303 requests the DB management server 110 to store the same data in the user personal information DB 111.

  Similarly, when the transmission / reception control unit 301 receives a personal information request from the service providing system 102, the corresponding personal information is read from the user personal information DB 111 and transmitted to the service providing system 102 via the network 103. To do.

  As detailed processing operations of the transmission / reception control unit 301, as shown in FIG. 4, the transmission / reception control unit 301 executes a personal information transmission / reception control DB read process at the start of processing (S401). The contents are read out and stored in the information storage table 304 shown in FIG.

  Data read from the personal information transmission / reception control DB 121 includes the following two types of data.

(1) Data of the type of personal information that the service user permits recording to the DB management server 110 An example of the information table stored in the information storage table 304 is shown in FIG.

  In the example shown in FIG. 5, the information table 500 defines a data type 502 to be recorded, a recording permission flag 503, a data format 504, and a data attribute 505 corresponding to the ID (identifier) 501 of each service user home GW. Is done.

  The service user home GWID 501 is a unique number for identifying the service user home GW. The data type 502 represents the type of personal information that can be received from the service provider home GW. This data type may be data that changes in units of installation of the service user's home GW, such as sensor information installed in the home and family feature information, as well as power consumption.

  The recording permission flag 503 indicates whether or not the service user is permitted to register the data indicated by the data type 502 in the user personal information DB 111. A data format 504 indicates the format of data indicated by the data type 502. The data attribute 505 is data determined for each data type 502, and in this example, when the value of the data type 502 is power usage, it indicates the watt hour meter that acquired the data.

  In the example of the first information table shown in FIG. 5, power usage information (data type 502 is power usage) is acquired from the user home whose service user home GWID 501 is 1, and the value is stored in the user personal information DB 111. Is permitted (the recording permission flag 503 is permitted). Further, this data is a floating point value format as indicated by the data format 504, and is indicated as a read value from the watt hour meter 1 as indicated by the data attribute 505.

(2) Data of the type of personal information that the service user has permitted to disclose to the service providing system 102 An example of the information table stored in the information storage table 304 is shown in FIG.

  In the example shown in FIG. 6, in the information table 600, for each service user's home GW ID (identifier) 601, a service providing system ID 602 to be provided with personal information, a transmission enable / disable flag 603, a data type 604, an access A key 605 is defined.

  The service user home GWID 601 is data similar to the above (1), and is a unique number for identifying the service user home GW.

  The service providing system ID 602 is an ID for specifying the service providing system used by the service user's home. The transmission permission / inhibition flag 603 indicates whether or not transmission of personal information is permitted for the service providing system indicated by the service providing system ID 602.

  The access key 605 is information added when the service providing system 102 sends a personal information request to the information access control GW 120. The access key 605 corresponds to a password of a general information system, and is a service from which the personal information request is requested. This is information indicating the validity of the providing system 102. After 606, the same data as the data of 602 to 605 is repeated.

  Further, after reading the personal information transmission / reception control DB in S401, a loop is executed (S402), and data reading processing (S403) and branching processing (S404) from the network 103 are repeatedly executed.

  In the data reading process from the network in S403, data is read via the network 103. As data, data from the service user's home GW 100 and a personal information transmission request from the service providing system 102 are received.

  An example of data received from the service user's home GW 100 is shown in FIG.

  In the example shown in FIG. 7, the received data is composed of a service user's home GWID 701, measurement data 702, and a data type 703. In the example shown in FIG. 7, the measurement data 702 is shown as an example in which a plurality of date / time information and measurement value information can be listed.

  An example of received data of a personal information transmission request from the service providing system 102 is shown in FIG.

  In the example shown in FIG. 8, a personal information transmission request is made up of a service providing system ID 801, a service user's home GWID 802 representing the service user's home providing the service, an access key 803, and a data type 804 representing the type of personal information. Composed.

  In the branch process of S404, when the received data is data from the service user's home GW 100 as shown in FIG. 7, the information storage table 304 is referred to and compared with the information of the data example shown in FIG. It is determined whether the user permits the DB management server 110 to record.

  In this comparison, the following (1) to (3) are compared with the received data.

(1) Is the service user's home GWID 501 and the received service user's home GWID 701 the same?
(2) Does the data type 502 match the received data type 703?
(3) Is the recording permission flag 503 permitted?
When all of the comparison results (1) to (3) are true, the received data is registered in the user personal information DB 111 with respect to the DB management server 110 according to the format of the data format 504 as the data registration processing. (S405).

  Further, in the branching process of S404, when the received data is a personal information transmission request from the service providing system 102, the information storage table 304 is referred to and compared with the information of the data example shown in FIG. Is permitted to send to the service providing system 102 installed by the service provider.

  In this comparison, the following (1) to (4) are compared with the received personal information transmission request.

(1) Is the service providing system ID 602 and the received service user's home GWID 801 identical?
(2) Is the transmission permission flag 603 enabled?
(3) Does the data type 604 match the received data type 804?
(4) Does the access key 605 match the received access key 803?
If all of the comparison results (1) to (4) are true, the personal information is transmitted from the personal information DB 111 using the DB management server 110 as the personal information transmission process, and the service providing system 102 is transmitted through the network 103. (S406).

  In this embodiment, the description has been based on the amount of power used. However, as personal information, various sensors (human sensors, open / close switches, floor mats) installed in the home use the same mechanism. Providing personal information can be considered.

<Money flow and service flow>
Next, the money flow and service flow of the electric energy remote automatic meter reading value usage management system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram for explaining a money flow and a service flow of the electric energy remote automatic meter reading value utilization management system according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

  In FIG. 9, the service providing system 102 is owned, and the service providing system 900 that provides the information service to the service user 902 by the service providing system 102, the personal information management system 101, and the service user home GW 100 are owned. The personal information management system 101 manages the personal information of the service user 902 and provides information to the service provider 900. The money between the service user 902 in which the service user's home GW100 is installed is provided. Shows the flow of service, service, and procedure.

  Prior to using the service, the service user 902 notifies the personal information provider 901 of the type of personal information permitted to be recorded on the DB management server 110 (S500).

  The personal information provider 901 creates an information table 500 to be stored in the personal information transmission / reception control DB 121 as shown in FIG. 5, and creates a data storage area for the service user in the user personal information DB 111 (S501). .

  The service provider 900 concludes the personal information purchase contract with the personal information provider 901 (S502), and the personal information provider 901 creates an access key to the personal information based on this contract. An information table 600 to be stored in the personal information transmission / reception control DB 121 as shown is created (S503).

  The service user 902 concludes a service purchase contract with the service provider 900 (S504), and makes a service provision request based on this contract (S505).

  Based on the service provision request made by the service user 902, the service provider 900 transmits a personal information provision request from the service provision system to the personal information provider 901 (S506). In response to this request, the personal information provider 901 returns personal information through the information access control GW 120 (S507). The processing in S506 and S507 is processing that uses the information access control GW 120.

  Then, based on the personal information returned in S507, the service provider 900 provides the service to the service user 902 (S508).

  As described above, in the present embodiment, the service provider that installs the information access control GW for the cooperation of personal information on the personal information provider side and uses the personal information such as the electric power remote meter reading value. By accessing the personal information DB of the service user via the information access control GW, it is possible to easily access the personal information of the service user, and technical support for relatively information security other than the information industry. Even a service provider with limited service can easily receive personal information from a personal information provider that centrally manages the provision of personal information. As a result, service providers that provide high-value-added services based on personal information control investment related to advanced personal information security management, which is necessary when collaborating on personal information to implement service business, It becomes possible to reduce the barrier to entry into the service using the electric energy of the service provider.

  In addition, as a service provider, with regard to storage of personal information, operators that collect and store remote automatic meter readings of electric energy are centrally managed, so direct management can be avoided, It is possible to provide an inexpensive service by minimizing the investment for personal information management and accessing personal information collected and centralized by a personal information provider when necessary.

  In addition, regarding access management of personal information, since it is guaranteed that there is no transmission other than information predetermined by the information access control GW, it is only necessary to consider ensuring information security within the application of the transmitted information. It is possible to reduce the management load.

  In addition, the shared use of personal information by a plurality of business operators is made possible by setting access control rights for the information access control GW. For this reason, for business operators who manage and provide personal information such as automatic meter reading values of electric energy. Since it becomes easy to provide information to a plurality of service partner companies, it is possible to provide a cost reduction merit per provision.

(Embodiment 2)
In the second embodiment, an information display terminal for displaying information provided from the service providing system 102 is connected to the service user's home in the first embodiment.

<Configuration of power amount remote automatic meter reading use management system>
The configuration of the electric energy remote automatic meter reading value utilization management system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 10 is a configuration diagram showing a configuration of a power amount remote automatic meter reading value use management system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.

  In FIG. 10, the power amount remote automatic meter reading value usage management system displays information provided from the service providing system 102 on each of the service user homes GW 100 installed in the service user home 1000. Is connected. Other configurations are the same as those in the first embodiment. Further, the connection between the service user's home GW 100 and the information display terminal 1001 may be wired or wireless.

<Display operation on information display terminal>
Next, the display operation on the information display terminal of the power amount remote automatic meter reading value use management system according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention will be described.

  First, in order to display information provided from the service providing system 102 on the information display terminal 1001, the data type is a network address, the network address of the service user home GW 100 is stored in the DB management server 110, and FIG. As an additional item of the information table 600 stored in the personal information transmission / reception control DB 121 as shown, a network address item is defined.

  Then, the service providing system 102 acquires the network address of the service user home GW 100 by designating the network address in the data type 804 of the personal information transmission request shown in FIG.

  The service providing system 102 transmits display information to a specific service user home GW 100 by using the acquired network address, and the service user home GW 100 displays the display information transmitted from the service providing system 102. The information is displayed on the information display terminal 1001.

  Further, once the service providing system 102 establishes a communication path with the service user home GW 100, an input to the information display terminal 1001 can also be input to the service providing system 102, and the information display terminal 1001 in the service user home 1000 can be input. When the service user operates, it is possible to give various display instructions.

  In the present embodiment, the information display terminal 1001 is connected to the service user's home GW 100, but the information display terminal 1001 can also be directly connected to the network 103. In this case, information indicating the relationship between the service user's home GW 100 and the information display terminal 1001 and the network address of the information display terminal 1001 are stored in the DB management server 110, and the service providing system 102 receives the personal information transmission request shown in FIG. By specifying a network address in the data type 804, the network address of the information display terminal 1001 installed in the service user's home 1000 may be acquired.

  As described above, in the present embodiment, since the information from the service providing system 102 is displayed on the information display terminal 1001 installed in the service user's home 1000, it is easy to provide service information to the service user. Is possible.

(Embodiment 3)
In the third embodiment, a remote automatic meter reading system is installed at the service user's home in the first embodiment.

<Configuration of power amount remote automatic meter reading use management system>
The configuration of the electric power remote automatic meter reading value utilization management system according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. FIG. 11 is a configuration diagram showing the configuration of the electric energy remote automatic meter reading value utilization management system according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention.

  In FIG. 11, in the power amount remote automatic meter reading use management system, a remote automatic meter reading system 1101 for performing automatic meter reading processing is installed in the service user's home 1000, and the remote automatic meter reading system 1101 is connected to the network 103. The personal information management system 101 is provided with an automatic meter reading management server 1110, and the automatic meter reading management server 1110 includes a user automatic meter reading value information database (hereinafter referred to as user automatic meter reading value information DB) 1111. . Other configurations are the same as those in the first embodiment.

  The power usage amount of the service user is transmitted from the remote automatic meter reading system 1101 to the automatic meter reading management server 1110 via the network 103 and stored in the user automatic meter reading value information DB 1111.

<Operation of power amount remote automatic meter reading use management system>
Next, the operation of the electric energy remote automatic meter reading value utilization management system according to Embodiment 3 of the present invention will be described.

  In the present embodiment, the information access control GW 120 does not register the power usage information in the user personal information DB 111 but acquires it from the automatic meter reading management server 1110 via the personal information transmission / reception control unit 122 as necessary. The personal information transmission / reception control DB 121 has the same contents as in the first embodiment, and the DB management server 110 and the user personal information DB 111 are different from those in the first embodiment except that they do not handle power usage information. The personal information is managed by the same operation as in the first form.

  In the present embodiment, the automatic meter reading management server 1110 does not have the user automatic meter reading value information DB 1111, and records the power usage information in the user personal information B 111 using the DB management server 110. A configuration is also possible. Further, the information access control GW 120 may have the function of the automatic meter reading management server 1110 and the automatic meter reading management server 1110 may not be used.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the remote automatic meter reading system 1101 that performs automatic meter reading processing is installed in the service user's home 1000, and the power usage information automatically read by the remote automatic meter reading system 1101 is stored in the network 103. Since the data is transmitted to the automatic meter reading management server 1110 installed in the personal information management system 101, the service user's home GW 100 does not need to perform meter reading processing such as power consumption, and services other than meter reading. It is also possible to control various electric devices and manage various electric devices in the user's home 1000.

  As mentioned above, the invention made by the present inventor has been specifically described based on the embodiment. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiment, and various modifications can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. Needless to say.

It is a figure which shows the whole structure of the electric energy remote automatic meter-reading value utilization management system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the structure of the service user home gateway of the electric energy remote automatic meter-reading value utilization management system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the personal information transmission / reception control part of the electric energy remote automatic meter-reading value utilization management system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the process example of the personal information transmission / reception control part of the electric energy remote automatic meter-reading value utilization management system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of data stored in the information storage table of the personal information transmission / reception control part of the electric energy remote automatic meter-reading value utilization management system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of data stored in the information storage table of the personal information transmission / reception control part of the electric energy remote automatic meter-reading value utilization management system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of data which the personal information transmission / reception control part of the electric energy remote automatic meter-reading value utilization management system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention receives. It is a figure which shows the example of data which the personal information transmission / reception control part of the electric energy remote automatic meter-reading value utilization management system which concerns on Embodiment 1 of this invention receives. It is explanatory drawing for demonstrating the money flow and service flow of the electric energy remote automatic meter-reading value utilization management system which concern on Embodiment 1 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the electric energy remote automatic meter-reading value utilization management system which concerns on Embodiment 2 of this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the electric energy remote automatic meter-reading value utilization management system which concerns on Embodiment 3 of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 100 ... Service user home GW, 101 ... Personal information management system, 102 ... Service provision system, 103 ... Network, 110 ... DB management server, 111 ... User personal information DB, 120 ... Information access GW, 121 ... Personal information transmission / reception Control DB, 122 ... Personal information transmission / reception control unit, 201 ... Home power line, 202 ... Electric meter, 210 ... Electric meter communication unit, 211 ... CPU, 212 ... Memory, 213 ... Network communication unit, 301 ... Transmission / reception control , 302 ... Network communication control unit, 303 ... Management communication control unit, 304 ... Information storage table, 500 ... Information table, 501 ... Service user's home GWID, 502 ... Data type, 503 ... Recording permission flag, 504 ... Data format 505 ... Data attribute 600 ... Information table 601 Service User home GWID, 602... Service providing system ID, 603... Transmission enable / disable flag, 604... Data type, 605... Access key, 701 ... Service user home GWID, 702 ... Measurement data, 703 ... Data type, 801. System ID, 802 ... Service user's home GWID, 803 ... Access key, 804 ... Data type, 900 ... Service provider, 901 ... Personal information provider, 902 ... Service user, 1000 ... Service user's home, 1001 ... Information display terminal, 1101 ... Remote automatic meter reading system, 1110 ... Automatic meter reading management server, 1111 ... User automatic meter reading value information DB.

Claims (5)

A service user's home gateway that is installed in a service user's home and collects the power usage information of the service user, and is connected to the service user's home gateway via a network and collected by the service user's home gateway A personal information management system owned by a personal information provider that manages personal information including power usage information of a service user, connected to the service user home gateway and the personal information management system via a network, A power amount remote automatic meter reading use management method in a power amount remote automatic meter reading use management system comprising a service providing system owned by a service provider that provides a service based on personal information,
Using the personal information management system, access control to the personal information from the service providing system is performed based on provision conditions of personal information determined by the service user. Management method. A service user's home gateway that is installed in the service user's home and collects power usage information of the service user;
A personal information management system owned by a personal information provider that manages personal information including power usage information of service users collected by the service user's home gateway and connected to the service user's home gateway via a network When,
A service providing system that is connected to the service user's home gateway and the personal information management system via a network and that is owned by a service provider that provides a service based on the personal information;
The personal information management system has an information access control gateway that controls access to the personal information from the service providing system based on provision conditions of personal information determined by the service user. Volume remote automatic meter reading use management system. In the electric energy remote automatic meter-reading value utilization management system according to claim 2,
The information access control gateway has an information storage table for storing information indicating conditions for providing personal information determined by the service user, and the information in the information storage table and a request for providing personal information from the service providing system. An electric energy remote automatic meter reading use management system, wherein access control to the personal information is performed based on information. In the electric energy remote automatic meter-reading value utilization management system according to claim 2 or 3,
The service user's home gateway is connected to an electrical device or information terminal in the service user's home, and transmits and receives information from the service providing system to the electrical device or information terminal. Automatic meter reading value management system. In the electric energy remote automatic meter-reading value utilization management system according to claim 2 or 3,
In the service user's home, a remote automatic meter reading system that collects the power usage information of the service user by remote control from the personal information management system is installed,
The personal information management system manages personal information including power usage information of service users collected by the remote automatic meter reading system.

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