JP5952910B2 - Communication system for building management, communication method for building management, and communication server for building management - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a building management communication system, a building management communication method, and a building management communication server, and more particularly, a building including a building management communication server that receives data from a server installed for each building or each room of a building. The present invention relates to a management communication system, a building management communication method using the system, and a building management communication server constituting the system.

  A server such as a home server may be installed for each building or each room of a building in order to grasp the status of the building or the room of the building, for example, the power usage status of the building or the room. Some servers installed in a building or room communicate with an external server such as a center server owned by the building or room management company, and send / receive data to / from the external server. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1).

  In the system described in Patent Literature 1, the state of the electrical device is managed by the home server, and information indicating the state of the electrical device is transmitted from the home server to the center server. In the system described in Patent Document 1, data indicating the characteristics and attributes of an electrical device provided by the electrical device manufacturer is transferred from the center server to the home server. According to such a communication system, it is possible to satisfactorily manage and maintain an electric device used in a building or a room of the building.

JP 2004-221770 A

  By the way, the data received by the center server from the home server is stored in a predetermined storage device such as a database. At this time, the received data may be stored in a database in association with unique identification information assigned to the home server, for example, a MAC address. That is, the data received from the home server by the center server may be registered in the database using the identification information of the home server as a key.

However, in the above case, if the server identification information is changed due to the exchange of the home server or the like, the previous server identification information cannot be used. For this reason, it is necessary to correct the server identification information as the registration information of the database. In particular, when the server identification information is used as a key, the correction of the information becomes complicated and time-consuming.
In particular, for security reasons, personal information data of the home server owner and received data received from the home server may be stored in different storage devices. In this case, if server identification information is used as a key for linking both data, it becomes very complicated to correct the server identification information.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above-described problems, and the object of the present invention is to manage data acquired from a building-side server installed in a building or a room of a building. It is an object to provide a building management communication system and a building management communication method capable of continuing data management without requiring labor even when there is an exchange.
In addition, another object of the present invention is as a building management communication server that acquires data from a building server installed in a building or a room of a building, and does not require labor even when the building server is replaced. Another object is to provide a building management communication server that enables continuation of data management.

According to the communication system for building management of the present invention, the object is to provide a building-side server installed for each building or each room of the building, a building management communication server capable of communicating with the building-side server, and the building management. A storage device for storing received data received by the communication server from the building-side server, and personal identification data indicating personal information relating to the user of the building, as user identification information assigned to the user as unique identification information; A second storage device that stores data in an associated state, wherein the storage device and the second storage device are separated from each other, and the personal information data is stored in the storage device and the second storage device. of the two storage devices, the second is only stored on the storage device, the building communication server for Administration assigned as identification information unique to the building-side server A first process execution unit that executes a first process of assigning building identification information that is unique identification information to the building or a room of the building based on the server identification information; and A second process execution unit for executing a second process to be stored in the storage device in a state associated with the building identification information assigned by the process execution unit; the received data stored in the storage device; and the second storage A linking process executing unit that executes a linking process for linking the personal information data stored in the device, and the linking process executing unit includes the user identification information as the linking process. the table data indicating the table information including said building identification information performs a process of storing in the storage device and, in the table information, before the said building side server is a incommunicable state It is solved by that contains a flag that is turned off by the building management communication server.

  According to the building management communication system, when receiving data received from a building server is stored in a storage device, it is stored in association with building identification information that is unique identification information for a building or a room of a building. As described above, the information associated with the data received from the building-side server is the above-described building identification information. Therefore, even if the server is replaced, if the same building identification information is used continuously, special labor is required for the server replacement. The management of the received data can be continued without requiring.

In the building management communication system, the building server is a home server installed in a house where energy-using equipment is used, and the building management communication server is owned by the house management company. It is a center server, and the center server communicates with the home server, thereby information on the state of the home server, and information on the amount of energy used in the house as the energy usage device is operated. The received data indicating at least one of the information may be received.
In the above configuration, it is possible to manage information relating to the state of the home server and information relating to the energy usage amount in the house as received data from the home server. That is, the building management communication system of the present invention is an energy management system (Home
It is possible to apply to Energy Management System (hereinafter, HEMS).

In the building management communication system, the first process execution unit receives, from the home server, mac address data indicating a mac address of the home server as the server identification information in the first process. The building identification information may be assigned based on the mac address indicated by the mac address data.
In the above configuration, since the building identification information is determined by performing a predetermined calculation (for example, calculation using a hash function) on the mac address, it is possible to assign the building identification information relatively easily.

In the building management communication system, the second storage device is a resident who is assigned personal information data indicating personal information about the resident of the house as unique identification information to the resident. stored in a state associated with the identification information, it receives an input operation of the resident, further comprising a user terminal end for transmitting input data indicating the contents of the residents entered in the input operation, the user terminal, When the authentication information given to the resident is input in the input operation, first input data indicating the input authentication information is transmitted to the center server as the input data. When the server identification information of the home server held by the resident is input in the input operation, input is performed as the input data. Run a second transmitting process of transmitting the second input data indicating the server identification information toward the center server, wherein the pairing process execution unit, as the pairing process, received from the user terminal Table information including the resident identification information corresponding to the authentication information indicated by the first input data, the server identification information indicated by the second input data received from the user terminal, and the building identification information It is good also as performing the process which memorize | stores the table data which shows in the said memory | storage device .
In the above configuration, when authentication information and server identification information are input by a resident of the house, table data indicating the table information including the building identification information, the resident identification information, and the server identification information is triggered by the input operation. It is generated and stored in the storage device. By generating and storing this table data, the second storage in the state associated with the resident identification information and the received data from the home server stored in the storage device in a state associated with the building identification information. The personal information data stored in the device is associated with the data.

In the building management communication system, a label on which the server identification information is displayed as character information referred to by the resident in the input operation may be attached to the home server. .
Specifically, for example, in the case where the character information indicating the server identification information is notified to the resident of the house with a postcard or the like, if the postcard is erroneously sent, the resident will own the home server This means that the server identification information different from that is input. As a result, the personal information data associated with the data received from the home server may become personal information data of a person different from the owner of the home server.
On the other hand, in the above configuration, the server identification information assigned to the home server is displayed as a label on the home server itself. As a result, the received data from the home server is appropriately associated with the personal information data of the owner of the home server without causing the above-described problems.

In the building management communication system, the center server performs the first transmission process and the second transmission process on the user terminal when the home server first communicates with the center server. And when the home server returns to a state where it can communicate with the center server after the home server becomes unable to communicate with the center server, the center server is in a state where the home server can communicate with the center server. After returning, the user terminal may be requested to execute the first transmission process and the second transmission process again.
In the above configuration, every time the home server returns to a state in which communication with the center server is disabled and communication is possible again, the resident is requested to input authentication information. With such a configuration, for example, when a resident changes due to resale of a house, a home server installed in the resold house is prevented from being managed under the authentication information of the resident before resale. Is possible.

In the building management communication system, the center server receives the received data including the type of program installed in the home server as information related to a state of the home server from the home server, and the home server Of the programs stored in the program storage unit based on the received data received by the center server, the program storage unit that stores a program that can be installed in the home server that is not installed in the home server A program transmission unit that identifies the program and transmits the identified unmounted program to the home server, and the user terminal performs the resident to allow the program transmission by the program transmission unit Accepting the input operation, as the input data A third transmission process for transmitting transmission permission data to the program transmission unit is further executed, and the program transmission unit transfers the unmounted program to the home only when the transmission permission data is received from the user terminal. It is good also as transmitting toward a server.
In the above configuration, it is possible to transmit the non-installed program toward the home server, but when transmitting these programs toward the home server, permission of a resident of the house is required. This makes it possible to prevent the above program from being transmitted to the home server against the intention of the resident.

Further, according to the building management communication method of the present invention, the above-described problem is that a building-side server installed for each building or each room of the building and a building management communication server capable of communicating with the building-side server are provided. Communicating, the building management communication server receiving the received data from the building side server, the storage device storing the received data, and a second storage separated as a separate device from the storage device The device stores personal information data indicating personal information related to the user of the building in a state associated with user identification information assigned as unique identification information to the user, and is provided in the building management communication server. The first processing execution unit is unique to the building or the room of the building based on server information assigned as unique identification information to the building-side server. Executing a first process of assigning building identification information which is identification information; and a second process execution unit provided in the building management communication server in a state in which the received data is associated with the building identification information. Executing the second process to be stored in the device, and the linking process execution unit provided in the building management communication server are stored in the received data stored in the storage device and the second storage device. Executing a linking process for linking the personal information data with the personal information data only in the second storage device of the storage device and the second storage device. stored, said at tying process, the table data indicating the table information including the user identification information and the building identification information is stored in the storage device, with the table information, the building Server is solved by that contains a flag that is turned off by the communication server for the building management and become an incommunicable state.
According to the above method, even if the building side server is replaced, the received data is continuously managed by using the same building identification information, so that management of the received data can be performed without requiring a special effort accompanying the server replacement. It becomes possible to continue.

Furthermore, according to the building management communication server of the present invention, the above-described problem is a building management communication server capable of communicating with a building side server installed for each building or each room of the building, Based on server identification information assigned as unique identification information to a server, a first process is executed to execute a first process of assigning building identification information that is unique identification information to the building or a room of the building. And a second process of storing the received data received from the building server by the building management communication server in a storage device in a state associated with the building identification information assigned by the first process execution unit. The second processing execution unit, the received data stored in the storage device, and the user of the building stored in a second storage device separated from the storage device. A linking process execution unit that executes a linking process for linking personal information data indicating personal information, and the personal information data is assigned as unique identification information to the user of the building in a state associated with the user identification information which is, among the storage device and the second storage device, wherein are only stored in the second storage device, the pairing process execution unit, said linking As the process, a process of storing table data indicating the table information including the user identification information and the building identification information in the storage device is executed, and the building server is in a state in which the building server cannot communicate. This is solved by including a flag that is turned off by the building management communication server .
According to the above server, even if the server on the building side is replaced, the received data is continuously managed by using the same building identification information, so that management of the received data can be performed without requiring any special troubles due to server replacement. It is possible to continue.

  According to the building management communication system, the building management communication method, and the building management communication server of the present invention, even if the building side server is replaced, if the received data is continuously managed using the same building identification information, the server It is possible to continue the management of the received data without requiring any special effort with the exchange.

It is a figure which shows the schematic structural example of the communication system for building management which concerns on this invention. It is a block diagram which shows the structural example of each part of the communication system for building management which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the table data memorize | stored in the memory | storage device which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the table data memorize | stored in the 2nd memory | storage device which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a procedure at the time of application in the communication method for building management which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a procedure at the time of construction in the communication method for building management which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a procedure at the time of the occupancy start in the communication method for building management which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a procedure before the service start in the communication method for building management which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows the example of a procedure at the time of bundle transmission in the communication method for building management which concerns on this invention. It is FIG. 1 which shows the example of a procedure at the time of life and death monitoring in the communication method for building management which concerns on this invention. It is FIG. 2 which shows the example of a procedure at the time of life and death monitoring in the communication method for building management which concerns on this invention. It is a figure which shows an example of the authentication page displayed on the screen of a user terminal. It is a figure which shows an example of the bundle transmission permission page displayed on the screen of a user terminal. It is a model perspective view which shows an example of the external appearance of the home server which concerns on this invention.

Hereinafter, an example of an embodiment of a building management communication system, a building management communication method, and a building management communication server according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
In the following description, a building management communication system and a building management communication method for managing the energy usage status, particularly the power usage status, in a detached house H will be described as specific examples. However, the house H is merely an example of a building, and the present invention can be applied to other buildings such as commercial buildings, buildings in factories, stores, and the like. The present invention can also be applied to a room of a building, specifically, a room of an apartment, a floor of an office building, or the like.

  Furthermore, as described above, in the following, a system for managing the power usage status in a home will be described by taking as an example a house H in which electric equipment as an example of energy using equipment is used. However, energy-using devices are not limited to electrical devices. That is, the communication system for building management and the communication method for building management according to the present invention include various energy usage situations when energy consuming equipment other than electrical equipment, specifically, gas-use equipment and water-use equipment is used. It is also possible to use it as a management.

  First, a building management communication system (hereinafter referred to as the present system) S according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG. The system S includes a home server 1 installed in a house H, a center server group including a plurality of center servers 10, 11, and 12, and databases 13 and 14 as main components.

  The home server 1 corresponds to a building-side server installed for each house H. The home server 1 can communicate with the electrical device group 4, the sensor group 5, and the distributed power supply 6 in the house H via the home network 8. Through such in-home communication, the home server 1 can control each device of the electrical device group 4, collect power usage data from each of the sensor groups 5, and control the distributed power supply 6. It is. That is, the home server 1 is a device for constructing a HEMS in the house H, and the function of the home server 1 allows, for example, a resident of the house H (hereinafter referred to as a user) to actually use the house H. It is possible to visually recognize the amount of power used.

  Note that the user performs a predetermined input operation through the user terminal 7 when using the function of the home server 1. The user terminal 7 communicates with the home server 1 after accepting the user's input operation, and transmits data corresponding to the content of the input operation to the home server 1. Here, the user terminal 7 is a data processing terminal having a browsing function, and is a PDA in the present system S. However, it is not limited to this, A smart phone, a notebook personal computer, the operation panel provided in the house H, etc. may be sufficient.

The home server 1 is connected to an external network 9 such as the Internet via the router 2 and the modem 3, and can communicate with a server connected to the external network 9. Among the servers connected to the outside network 9, there are center server groups for constructing the system S, and the home server 1 communicates with each of the center server groups via the outside network 9.
Note that the user terminal 7 can also communicate with a server connected to the external network 9 via the external network 9. However, in this system S, the user terminal 7 can communicate with only the member-dedicated server 12 described later in the center server group described above.

  The center server group corresponds to a building management communication server that can communicate with the home server 1. In the system S, the management company C of the house H has a center server group. In the system S, the center server group provides various services to the home server 1. Here, the services provided by the center server group are “home server state management”, “bundle provision”, and “information provision regarding power usage status”. “Home server status management” refers to periodic communication with the home server 1 to determine the status of the home server 1, particularly whether communication is possible and programs installed in the home server 1 (specifically, application programs). (Hereinafter, also referred to as a bundle). “Bundle provision” refers to transmitting to the home server 1 a bundle that can be used by the home server 1 or a bundle that can be upgraded among bundles installed in the home server 1. “Providing information about the power usage status” means collecting data indicating information on the power usage used in each house H through the home server 1 and improving the user's awareness of power saving, such as advice on reducing power usage. It is to provide information to make it happen.

  In the system S, the center server group includes a plurality of servers, specifically, three servers 10, 11, and 12. The first server is a monitoring server 10 that performs alive monitoring of the home server 1 and periodically communicates with the home server 1 to obtain data indicating information on the status of the home server 1 (hereinafter referred to as server status data). get. Here, the server information indicated by the server status data is information regarding whether or not the home server 1 is in a communicable state and the type and version of the bundle installed in the home server 1. The server state data is an example of received data that the monitoring server 10 receives from the home server 1.

  The monitoring server 10 acquires data indicating the IP address assigned to the home server 1 (hereinafter referred to as IP address data) when acquiring the server status data. The IP address is assigned by the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) of the router 2.

  The second server is an application server (hereinafter referred to as AP server) 11 that implements various APIs and relays between the database and the center server. The AP server 11 reads out the data stored in the database, delivers it to another center server (specifically, the member dedicated server 12), and writes the data into the database in response to a request from the other center server. In addition, the AP server communicates with the home server 1 and collects data indicating power usage (hereinafter, power usage data) in the house H in which the home server 1 is installed. Naturally, the power usage data is data relating to the power usage used in the house H as the electric equipment is operated.

  Furthermore, in the present system S, bundles that can be mounted on the home server 1 are stored in the database, and the AP server 11 reads out the bundles that are not mounted from the bundles stored in the database, Request transmission to the monitoring server 10. In response to a request from the AP server 11, the monitoring server 10 transmits the unmounted bundle to the home server 1. Here, the non-installed bundle corresponds to a non-installed program, and is a bundle that is not installed in the home server 1 among the bundles stored in the monitoring server 10. Note that the bundles not installed include a bundle for upgrading a bundle already installed in the home server 1 by updating.

The third server is a member-dedicated server 12 that the user accesses through the user terminal 7, and transmits information regarding the power usage status to the user terminal 7. Further, the member dedicated server 12 requests the user to perform an authentication operation when providing the above-described service. More specifically, when the user performs a predetermined input operation (for example, URL input operation) on the user terminal 7, the member-only server 12 transmits predetermined input screen data to the user terminal 7. When the input screen is drawn on the user terminal 7 side, the user performs an input operation corresponding to the authentication operation according to the instruction displayed on the screen.
The member-dedicated server 12 is not directly connected to the databases 13 and 14, and the AP server is always used when reading data from the databases 13 and 14 and writing data to the databases 13 and 14. 11 will be routed.

  The databases 13 and 14 are installed in the management company C together with the center server group, and a plurality of databases are provided in the system S. One database is a server information management database 13 that stores received data received by the monitoring server 10 from the home server 1, specifically, server status data and the like, and corresponds to a storage device. Another database 14 is a personal information management database 14 that stores data indicating personal information about the user, and corresponds to a second storage device. Such a configuration in which the data relating to the server state and the data relating to the personal information are stored in the different databases 13 and 14 is preferable from the viewpoint of security.

  In this system S, the personal information management database 14 corresponds to a program storage unit and stores bundles that can be mounted on the home server 1. The device that stores the bundle that can be mounted on the home server 1 is not limited to the personal information management database 14, but may be the server information management database 13, or a third database ( (Not shown). Further, the bundle may be stored in the monitoring server 10 itself.

Next, data stored in the databases 13 and 14 will be described with reference to FIGS.
The four table information T1, T2, T3, and T4 illustrated in FIG. 3 are information indicated by the table data stored in the server information management database 13. The four table information T1, T2, T3, and T4 will be described. The association table T1 includes a house ID, a resident ID, a mac address of the home server 1, a serial number, a shipping date, and an authentication flag. Here, the house ID is unique identification information for the house H and corresponds to building identification information. The resident ID corresponds to resident identification information assigned as unique identification information to the user. The authentication flag is a flag for determining whether or not the authentication operation performed by the user when enjoying the service on the home server 1 side is completed.

  The association table T1 is a table generated for associating the server status data stored in the server information management database 13 with the data related to personal information stored in the personal information management database 14. . More specifically, the linking table T1 is generated in the linking process described later.

  The acquired bundle management table T2 is a table for managing information related to bundles installed in the home server 1, and includes a house ID, a service ID, and version information of bundles installed in the home server 1. Here, the service ID is identification information assigned to the type of bundle transmission service from the monitoring server 10. The service ID in the acquired bundle management table T2 is information for specifying the type of bundle transmission service that the user has applied for. The acquired bundle management table T2 is generated when the home server 1 communicates with the monitoring server 10 for the first time, and is updated every time the monitoring server 10 receives server status data from the home server 1 thereafter.

  The service management table T3 is a table for managing the contents of the bundle transmission service from the monitoring server 10, and includes service ID, service name, service version information, bundle ID, and updated contents when the bundle is upgraded. . This service management table T3 shows the correspondence between the service type and version and the bundle to be transmitted. That is, when applying for a certain type of service, a corresponding bundle ID exists in the service ID and version information corresponding to the type, and the bundle specified by the bundle ID is transmitted. The service management table T3 is generated when the bundle transmission service is registered, and thereafter updated every time the bundle is upgraded.

  The server state management table T4 is a table for managing communication-related contents in the state of the home server 1, and can communicate with the home server 1 in the house ID, server IP address, last online date, and house H. Includes life / death monitoring information for devices connected to. Here, the server IP address is the current IP address assigned to the home server 1 by the router 2, and the last online date and time is the latest date and time when the monitoring server 10 communicated with the home server 1. . The server status management table T4 is generated when the home server 1 communicates with the monitoring server 10 for the first time, and is updated every time the monitoring server 10 receives server status data from the home server 1 thereafter.

  The three table information T11, T12, and T13 illustrated in FIG. 4 are information indicated by the table data stored in the personal information management database 14. The three table information T11, T12, and T13 will be described. The member information table T11 is a table for managing the user's personal information, and includes a resident ID, the user's name, address, and mail address. The member information table T11 is generated when the user applies for the above-described service as a procedure for purchasing the house H.

  The application service management table T12 is a table for managing the contents of the service applied by the user, and includes a resident ID, a service ID, and an available flag. Here, the available flag is a flag for determining whether the bundle corresponding to the service ID is in a transmission complete state, a transmission reservation is being accepted, or an untransmitted state. The application service management table T12 is also generated when the user applies for the above service as a procedure for purchasing the house H.

  The bundle management table T13 is a table for managing information about each bundle that can be transmitted by the monitoring server 10, and includes bundle ID, bundle name, bundle version information, and update contents when the bundle is upgraded. The bundle management table T13 is generated when the bundle is registered, and thereafter updated every time the bundle is upgraded.

  As described above, in the present system S, the server information management database in the state in which the monitoring server 10 as the center server receives from the home server 1, for example, the server state data is associated with the house ID. 13 is stored. In this way, if the information associated with the received data from the home server 1 is a house ID that is identification information unique to the house H, even if the home server 1 is replaced due to a failure or the like, the same house ID is used continuously. The rewriting of data stored in the server information management database 13 can be minimized.

  More specifically, only the mac address and serial number included in the association table T1 in the data stored in the server information management database 13 need be corrected. Specifically, the acquisition bundle management table T2 and the server state management table T4) need not be corrected. Therefore, in the present system S, management of received data from the home server 1 including the server status data can be continued without requiring any special effort in conjunction with server replacement.

Next, the configuration of each device in the system S will be described from the functional aspect with reference to FIG.
The home server 1 includes a power usage data acquisition unit 31, a server status data acquisition unit 32, an HS data transmission unit 33, an HS data reception unit 34, a mac address data storage unit 35, and an IP address data storage unit 36. And have. These parts are configured by a CPU provided in the home server 1, a memory such as a ROM or a RAM, a communication interface, and a bundle mounted on the home server 1.

  The power consumption data acquisition unit 31 communicates with the sensor group 5 composed of a plurality of power sensors installed in the house H via the home network 8 and based on the data acquired from the sensor group 5, Calculate the amount of power used for. Thereby, power consumption data indicating the calculation result is acquired. The server status data acquisition unit 32 acquires server status data by reading information about the type and version of the bundle installed in the home server 1 from a memory (not shown).

The HS data transmission unit 33 transmits various data through the in-home network 8 and the out-of-home network 9. Among the data transmitted by the HS data transmission unit 33 through the outside network 9, the mac address data stored in the mac address data storage unit 35, the IP address data, as well as the above-described power usage data and server status data. The IP address data stored in the storage unit 36 is also included.
The HS data receiving unit 34 receives various data through the home network 8 and the outside network 9. The data received by the HS data receiving unit 34 through the outside network 9 includes a bundle transmitted from the monitoring server 10. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and the bundle transmitted from the monitoring server 10 may be received by a bundle receiving unit (not shown) provided separately from the HS data receiving unit 34.

  The user terminal 7 includes an operation reception unit 41, a data generation unit 42, a UT data transmission unit 43, and a UT data reception unit 44. The operation receiving unit 41 includes a touch panel provided in the user terminal 7 and receives a user input operation. When the operation receiving unit 41 receives a user input operation, the data generation unit 42 generates input data indicating the content input by the user in the input operation. The data generation unit 42 includes a CPU built in the user terminal 7, a memory such as a ROM or a RAM, and a program installed in the user terminal 7.

  The UT data transmission unit 43 transmits various data through the in-home network 8 and the out-of-home network 9, and transmits the above-described input data to the member dedicated server 12 through the out-of-home network 9, for example. The UT data receiving unit 44 receives various data through the in-home network 8 and the out-of-home network 9, and receives input screen data described later from the member dedicated server 12 through the out-of-home network 9, for example. The UT data transmission unit 43 and the UT data reception unit 44 are configured by a CPU built in the user terminal 7, a memory such as a ROM or a RAM, a communication interface, and a communication program installed in the user terminal 7. .

  The monitoring server 10 includes an RM data transmission unit 51, an RM data reception unit 52, an RM reading unit 53, an RM writing unit 54, and a bundle transmission unit 55. The RM data transmission unit 51 transmits data to the home server 1 through the outside network 9 and delivers the data to other servers (the AP server 11 and the member dedicated server 12). The RM data receiving unit 52 receives data such as server status data from the home server 1 through the outside network 9 and receives data from other servers. The RM data transmission unit 51 and the RM data reception unit 52 are configured by a CPU of the monitoring server 10, a memory such as a ROM or a RAM, a communication interface, and a communication program installed in the monitoring server 10.

  The RM reading unit 53 reads data stored in the server information management database 13. The RM writing unit 54 writes new data in the server information management database 13 or updates the contents of already stored data. More specifically, the RM writing unit 54 corresponds to a second process execution unit of the present invention, and server status data (an example of received data) received by the RM data receiving unit 52 from the home server 1 is a server information management database. 13 is executed (hereinafter referred to as server status data storage process).

  The server state data storage process corresponds to the second process of the present invention, and is a process for storing the server state data in the server information management database 13 in a state associated with the above-mentioned house ID. More specifically, in the server state data storage process, the RM writing unit 54 stores the table data of the acquisition bundle management table T2 and the table data of the server state management table T4 in the server information management database 13. .

  In the acquired bundle management table T2 and the server status management table T4, the information indicated by the data received from the home server 1, specifically, the bundle version information, the server IP address, the last online date and time, and the life and death monitoring information are the house ID. Is registered as key information. That is, the RM writing unit 54 registers the server state information in the server information management database 13 using the house ID as key information. As a result, data indicating the registered server status information is stored as table data in the database 13.

  The bundle transmission unit 55 constitutes the program transmission unit of the present invention in cooperation with the bundle transmission command unit 66 of the AP server 11 and the permission notification unit 75 of the member-only server 12, and the above-described unmounted bundle is transmitted through the outside network 9. Is sent to the home server 1. Note that the RM reading unit 53, the RM writing unit 54, and the bundle transmission unit 55 are configured by a CPU of the monitoring server 10, a memory such as a ROM or a RAM, a communication interface, and a program installed in the monitoring server 10.

The AP server 11 includes a house ID assignment unit 61, an AP data transmission unit 62, an AP data reception unit 63, a linking process execution unit 64, an AP reading unit 65, a bundle transmission command unit 66, and an AP writing unit 67.
The house ID assigning unit 61 corresponds to a first processing execution unit of the present invention, and is configured by a CPU built in the AP server 11, a memory such as a ROM or a RAM, and a program installed in the AP server 11. The house ID assignment unit 61 executes a process of assigning the above-described house ID to the house H in which the home server 1 is installed (hereinafter, house ID assignment process).

  The house ID assignment process will be described. This process corresponds to the first process of the present invention. In the house ID assignment process, the house ID assignment unit 61 is based on the server identification information assigned as unique identification information to the home server 1, and the house in which the home server 1 corresponding to the server identification information is installed. A house ID is assigned to H. Here, the server identification information is a mac address of the home server 1. The house ID assigning unit 61 specifies the mac address from the mac address data indicating the mac address of the home server 1 in the house ID assigning process.

  Thereafter, the house ID assigning unit 61 applies a predetermined calculation process to the identified mac address, calculates a unique number, and assigns the number as the house ID. Here, as a method for calculating the number corresponding to the house ID from the mac address, for example, a method using a hash function is mentioned, but the method is not limited to this, and a unique number is calculated from the mac address. Any other method may be used. In the present system S, a unique number is assigned as the house ID. However, not only the number but also a character string combining a number and a letter (for example, alphabet) may be assigned as the house ID.

  The AP data transmission unit 62 transmits data to the home server 1 through the outside network 9 and delivers the data to other servers (the monitoring server 10 and the member dedicated server 12). The AP data receiving unit 63 receives data such as server status data from the home server 1 through the home network 9 and receives data from other servers.

  In the present system S, the AP data receiving unit 63 constitutes the first processing execution unit of the present invention together with the above-described house ID allocation unit 61. More specifically, the AP data receiving unit 63 receives mac address data indicating the mac address of the home server 1 from the home server 1 in the house ID assignment process, and delivers the data to the house ID assignment unit 61. In the present system S, the AP data receiving unit 63 requests the home server 1 to transmit mac address data when the home server 1 is first connected to the outside network 9. In response to this request, when the home server 1, more specifically, the HS data transmission unit 33 transmits the mac address data to the AP server 11, the AP data reception unit 63 passes through the outside network 9 on the AP server 11 side. Mac address data is received.

  The AP data transmitting unit 62 and the AP data receiving unit 63 are configured by a CPU of the AP server 11, a memory such as a ROM or a RAM, a communication interface, and a communication program installed in the AP server 11.

  The linking process execution unit 64 includes a CPU of the AP server 11, a memory such as a ROM or a RAM, and a program installed in the AP server 11, and executes the linking process. The association process is a process for associating the server status data stored in the server information management database 13 and the personal information data stored in the personal information management database 14. More specifically, the linking process execution unit 64 generates the table data of the linking table T1 described above and stores the data in the server information management database 13 as the linking process. To do.

  Explaining the data linking by the linking table T1, the server information management database 13 stores the data of the acquisition bundle management table T2 and the data of the server state management table T4. The two tables T2 and T4 In each case, as described above, server state information is registered using the house ID as key information. In addition, the personal information management database 14 stores a member information table T11 and an application service management table T12. As can be seen from FIG. 4, each of these two tables T11 and T12 has a resident ID as key information. The personal information of the user is registered.

  On the other hand, as can be seen from FIG. 3, the association table T1 is table information including a house ID, a resident ID, and a mac address. As described above, when the data of the association table T1 including both the house ID and the resident ID is stored, the association table T1 includes the tables T2 and T4 related to the server status information and the tables T11 and T12 related to the personal information. To mediate between. In other words, the tables T2 and T4 related to the server status information and the tables T11 and T12 related to the personal information are linked by the linking table T1.

  The AP reading unit 65 reads data stored in the server information management database 13 and the personal information management database 14. The bundle transmission command unit 66 delivers the bundle extracted as a transmission target among the bundles stored in the personal information management database 14 to the monitoring server 10 and instructs the monitoring server 10 to transmit the bundle. Here, the bundle extracted by the monitoring server 10 as a transmission target is an unmounted bundle that is not mounted on the home server 1.

  The AP writing unit 67 writes new data in the server information management database 13 or the personal information management database 14 or updates the contents of already stored data. When the linking process execution unit 64 generates table data of the linking table T1 in the linking process described above, the table data is stored in the server information management database 13 through the AP writing unit 67.

  The AP reading unit 65, the bundle transmission command unit 66, and the AP writing unit 67 are configured by a CPU of the AP server 11, a memory such as a ROM or a RAM, a communication interface, and a program installed in the AP server 11. .

  The member dedicated server 12 includes an MB data transmitting unit 71, an MB data receiving unit 72, a linking request unit 73, a resident authentication unit 74, and a permission notification unit 75. A CPU, a memory such as a ROM or a RAM, a communication interface, and a communication program installed in the member-dedicated server 12 are configured.

  Further, as described above, the member-dedicated server 12 cannot directly access the databases 13 and 14, and the AP server 11 is used when extracting data from the databases 13 and 14 or writing data into the databases 13 and 14. (More specifically, it goes through the AP reading unit 65 and the AP writing unit 67).

  The MB data transmission unit 71 transmits data to the user terminal 7 through the outside network 9 and delivers the data to other servers (the monitoring server 10 and the AP server 11). The MB data receiving unit 72 receives data from the user terminal 7 through the outside network 9 and receives data from other servers. The data received by the MB data receiving unit 72 from the user terminal 7 includes input data indicating the content input by the user in the input operation performed through the user terminal 7.

  When the MB data receiving unit 72 receives input data from the user terminal 7, the MB data transmitting unit 71 analyzes the input data and transmits data corresponding to the user's input operation to the user terminal 7. On the user terminal 7 side, when the data transmitted from the MB data transmitting unit 71 is received, the data is expanded and a screen (page) based on the data is rendered.

  The association request unit 73 requests the association process execution unit 64 of the AP server 11 to execute an association process. In this system S, when a normal operation is performed by an authentication operation performed by the user when starting to use a service provided by the center server group, the linking request unit 73 connects the linking processing execution unit 64 to the linking process execution unit 64. Request execution of attachment processing.

  The resident authentication unit 74 includes a CPU of the member dedicated server 12, a memory such as ROM and RAM, a communication interface, and a communication program installed in the member dedicated server 12. Then, the resident authentication unit 74 determines whether or not a normal operation has been performed in the authentication operation performed by the user. If the normal operation has been performed, the resident authentication unit 74 performs the linking process via the linking request unit 73. It requires execution. Specifically, the resident authentication unit 74 transmits data (hereinafter referred to as input screen data) for causing the user terminal 7 to draw a predetermined input screen when the user performs an authentication operation. To do. Further, the resident authentication unit 74 analyzes data transmitted from the user terminal 7 in accordance with the user authentication operation, and determines whether or not the authentication operation has been performed normally.

  Here, the authentication operation will be described in detail. First, the resident authentication unit 74 transmits input screen data such as an ID to the user terminal 7 as the input screen data. On the user terminal 7 side that has received the input screen data such as ID, the input screen such as ID is rendered as a result of the expansion of the input screen data such as ID. The user inputs an account ID and a login password in a predetermined column of the input screen. The account ID and the login password are authentication information given to the user, and are notified in advance from the management company C to the user. When the authentication information is input in the input operation, the user terminal 7 receives the input operation, generates data indicating the input authentication information (hereinafter, input data such as ID), and inputs the input data such as ID. A process of transmitting to the member dedicated server 12 is executed. Such processing corresponds to first transmission processing, and input data such as ID transmitted by the user terminal 7 as input data corresponds to first input data.

  The resident authentication unit 74 analyzes input data such as an ID and specifies an account ID and a login password input by the user. Furthermore, the resident authentication unit 74 determines whether or not the specified account ID and login password are consistent, and if both are consistent, input screen data such as an address is input as second input screen data. Transmit to the user terminal 7. On the side of the user terminal 7 that has received the input screen data such as address, the input screen such as address shown in FIG. 12 is drawn. The user inputs the mac address and serial number of the home server 1 installed at home in the input fields P1 and P2 in the address input screen.

  When the user touches the execution button P3 in the address input screen after completing the input of the address, etc., the user terminal 7 uses the touch operation as an opportunity to input data indicating the input mac address and serial number (hereinafter, “ Address etc. input data) is generated, and the process of transmitting the address etc. input data to the member dedicated server 12 is executed. Such processing corresponds to second transmission processing, and input data such as an address transmitted by the user terminal 7 as input data corresponds to second input data.

  The resident authentication unit 74 analyzes input data such as an address and specifies the mac address and serial number input by the user. Furthermore, the resident authentication unit 74 determines whether or not the identified mac address and serial number match, that is, whether or not the mac address and serial number are identification information for the same home server 1. If they match, the authentication operation is complete. After the authentication operation is completed, the user can enjoy the service provided by the center server group. In other words, the center server group transmits data for service to the home server 1 only after receiving the input data such as ID and the input data such as the address from the user terminal 7.

  The authentication operation described above and the process associated with the authentication operation are executed, for example, when the home server 1 is first connected to the outside network 9. At that time, the resident authentication unit 74 requests the execution of the linking process via the linking request unit 73 with the completion of the authentication operation. As a result of the linking process execution unit 64 executing the above-described linking process in response to this request, the table data of the linking table T1 is stored in the server information management database 13.

  Here, as described above, the association table T1 includes a house ID, a resident ID, a mac address, and a serial number. Among the resident ID, the input data such as an ID received from the user terminal 7 is included. This corresponds to the account ID and password shown. Further, the mac address in the association table T1 matches the information indicated by the input data such as the address received from the user terminal 7.

  As described above, in this system S, when an account ID or mac address is input by the user, the table data of the association table T1 is generated as a trigger, and the server information management database 13 is generated. Is remembered. By generating and storing the table data, the server status data stored in the server information management database 13 in a state associated with the house ID, and the personal information management database in a state associated with the resident ID. 14 is associated with the personal information data stored in 14.

  In this system S, as shown in FIG. 14, a label L is affixed to the home server 1, and character information referred to by the user in the input operation to the input fields P1 and P2 is attached to the label L. The mac address and serial number are displayed. The user inputs the mac address and serial number of the home server 1 while referring to the character information displayed on the label L. With such a configuration, the received data from the home server 1 is appropriately associated with the personal information data of the owner of the home server 1. As a result, a problem that occurs when the received data from the home server 1 is associated with personal information data of a person different from the owner of the home server 1, for example, the server status of the home server 1 owned by the self. It is possible to prevent a situation in which it is viewed by another person or operated by another person.

Furthermore, in this system S, when the home server 1 has not communicated with the monitoring server 10 for a certain period of time or later, when the home server 1 communicates with the monitoring server 10 again, the resident authentication unit 74 will Request the above authentication operation again. In that case, the user cannot use the service provided by the center server group unless the re-authentication operation is performed.
More specifically, when the home server 1 becomes unable to communicate, the authentication flag in the association table T1 is turned off, and when the home server 1 returns to a state where communication is possible thereafter, the member dedicated server 12 Input screen data such as ID is transmitted toward the user terminal 7. Thereby, the re-authentication operation by the user is performed in the same procedure as described above. That is, when the home server 1 returns to a state in which communication with the monitoring server 10 is possible after the home server 1 becomes unable to communicate with the monitoring server 10, the resident after the home server 1 returns to a state in which communication with the monitoring server 10 is possible. The authentication unit 74 receives the input data such as ID and the input data such as address again. When the resident authentication unit 74 receives the two data, the authentication flag is switched from off to on again. When the authentication flag is turned on, the user can use the service provided by the center server group again.

  As described above, in the system S, the center server group transmits input data such as ID and input data such as an address to the user terminal 7 when the home server 1 first communicates with the center server group. Request execution. When the home server 1 returns to a state in which communication with the monitoring server 10 is possible after the home server 1 becomes unable to communicate with the monitoring server 10, the center server group returns to a state in which the home server 1 can communicate with the monitoring server 10. After that, the user terminal 7 is requested again to execute the above two transmission processes.

  That is, in the present system S, every time the home server 1 becomes unable to communicate with the monitoring server 10 and returns to a state where communication is possible again, an authentication operation by the user is requested. In such a configuration, when the house H is resold without the management company C involved, the home server 1 in the resold house is the resident's authentication before resale even though the resident has changed. It is possible to prevent management under information.

  The permission notification unit 75 receives permission for bundle transmission from the user when performing bundle transmission to the home server 1. Then, the permission notification unit 75 instructs the bundle transmission command unit 66 to perform bundle transmission only when the bundle transmission permission is obtained from the user, and causes the bundle transmission unit 55 to transmit an unmounted bundle.

  More specifically, the bundle transmission unit 55, the bundle transmission command unit 66, and the permission notification unit 75 constitute the program transmission unit of the present invention as described above. Among these, the bundle transmission command unit 66 periodically reads the table information stored in the databases 13 and 14 through the AP reading unit 65, and checks whether there is an unloaded bundle. Thereafter, when the data indicating the survey result is delivered to the member-dedicated server 12, the permission notification unit 75 displays data for displaying a list of unmounted bundles based on the data delivered from the bundle transmission command unit 66. (Hereinafter, bundle list data) is generated, and the bundle list data is transmitted to the user terminal 7.

  On the user terminal 7 side that has received the bundle list data, the bundle list data is expanded, and the bundle transmission permission screen shown in FIG. 13 is drawn. On this screen, a list of unmounted bundles indicated by the bundle list data is displayed. The user designates a bundle that is permitted to be transmitted (downloaded) in the list. More specifically, the user performs an input operation of turning on a button corresponding to a bundle permitted to be transmitted among the radio buttons Q1, Q2, and Q3 provided in each of the listed bundles.

  When the user designates a bundle that is permitted to be transmitted and then touches the transmission permission button Q4 on the bundle transmission permission screen, the user terminal 7 uses the touch operation as an opportunity to indicate data indicating a transmission permission target bundle (hereinafter referred to as a transmission permission target bundle). , Transmission permission data) is generated, and processing for transmitting the transmission permission data to the member-dedicated server 12 is executed. This process corresponds to the third transmission process, and the user terminal 7 accepts an input operation performed by the user for permitting bundle transmission, and more specifically transmits the transmission permission data as input data to the member dedicated server 12. Is transmitted to the permission notification unit 75.

  On the other hand, when the user touches the transmission prohibition button Q5 on the bundle transmission permission screen, the user terminal 7 displays data indicating that transmission is not permitted for all the bundles displayed on the bundle transmission permission screen (hereinafter referred to as transmission not permitted). Permission data) is generated, and the transmission non-permission data is transmitted to the member dedicated server 12.

  Upon receiving the transmission permission data from the user terminal 7, the permission notification unit 75 analyzes the transmission permission data, identifies the bundle permitted to be transmitted by the user, and notifies the bundle transmission command unit 66 of the identified bundle. . The bundle transmission command unit 66 extracts the bundle notified by the permission notification unit 75 as a transmission permission target from the bundles stored in the personal information management database 14. Thereafter, the bundle transmission command unit 66 delivers the extracted bundle to the bundle transmission unit 55 and instructs the bundle transmission unit 55 to transmit the bundle.

Then, the bundle transmission unit 55 transmits the bundle delivered from the bundle transmission command unit 66 to the home server 1. As a result, the unmounted bundle that the user has permitted to transmit is mounted (installed) on the home server 1.
In addition, when the permission notification part 75 receives transmission non-permission data from the user terminal 7, transmission is postponed about all the bundles displayed on the bundle transmission permission screen.

  As described above, in the present system S, only the bundles permitted to be transmitted by the user among the bundles that can be transmitted as unmounted bundles are transmitted to the home server 1. In other words, in the present system S, the bundle transmission unit 55 transmits the unmounted bundle to the home server 1 only when the permission notification unit 75 receives the transmission permission data from the user terminal 7. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent the bundle from being transmitted to the home server 1 against the intention of the resident and automatically installing into the home server 1 a bundle that the user does not permit to transmit.

Next, an example of a building management communication method using the system S (hereinafter, this communication method) will be described with reference to FIGS.
In this communication method, as shown in FIGS. 5 to 11, predetermined procedures and associated processes are performed at the time of applying for a service, when constructing a house H, at the start of entering a house H, at the start of service, and at the time of using a service. Is called.

  More specifically, for example, when the user purchases the house H, the user enters into a contract with the management company C regarding the specifications of the HEMS built in the house H. At this time, the user decides which type of service to use among the services provided by the center service group, and fills in a predetermined application form with information necessary for using the service as shown in FIG. S001). When the management company C receives the completed application form (S002), it inputs the application contents described in the application form (S003). By this input processing, the name of the service applicant, that is, the user's name, address, e-mail address, and the type of service applied are registered. As a result, each table data of the member information table T11 and the application service management table T12 is stored in the personal information management database 14 (S004).

  Next, at the time of construction of the house H, as shown in FIG. 6, after the home server 1 is shipped from the home server provider (S011), the home server 1 is attached to a predetermined position of the house H (S012). Thereafter, the home server 1 and the home network 8 are connected, and the connection state between the home server 1 and a device (for example, a sensor, an electrical device, and a distributed power source) that communicates with the home server 1 in the house H is inspected. (S013).

  On the other hand, at the home server provider, when the home server 1 is shipped, a label L displaying a mac address and a serial number is attached to the home server 1. Further, the home server provider registers the shipping information about the shipping home server 1 in a registration terminal (not shown). Here, the shipping information is information regarding the mac address, serial number, and shipping date and time of the home server 1 to be shipped. The registered terminal in which the shipping information is registered can communicate with the monitoring server 10 and the AP server 11 via the outside network 9.

  Next, after entering the house H, the user signs a contract for opening the Internet with the provider company. After the Internet as the outside network 9 is opened after the provider contract is concluded, the user connects the home server 1 to the Internet (S021). Thereby, the home server 1 can communicate with the monitoring server 10 and the AP server 11. The home server 1 automatically executes communication with the AP server 11 when connected to the Internet. Such communication processing is the first communication processing executed after the home server 1 is connected to the Internet. In the communication processing, the HS data transmission unit 33 of the home server 1 reads the mac address data from the mac address data storage unit 35, The read mac address data is transmitted to the AP server 11 (S022).

  On the AP server 11 side, the AP data receiving unit 63 receives the mac address data, and the house ID assigning unit 61 specifies the mac address from the received mac address data, and the house H is assigned to the house H based on the specified mac address. The house ID is assigned (S023). When the assignment of the house ID is completed, the house ID assignment unit 61 transmits an assignment completion notification to the home server 1 installed in the house H corresponding to the house ID through the AP data transmission unit 62 (S024). In this communication method, the assignment completion notice means the house ID itself, and sending the assignment completion notice means sending the house ID toward the home server 1.

  When the HS data receiving unit 34 of the home server 1 receives the assignment completion notification from the AP server 11 (S025), the home server 1 communicates with the monitoring server 10. More specifically, the HS data transmission unit 33 transmits the IP address data indicating the IP address of the home server 1 and the version data indicating the version information of the bundle installed in the home server 1 to the monitoring server 10. To do. The IP address data is acquired by reading from the IP address data storage unit 36, and the version data is acquired by the server state data acquisition unit 32.

  On the monitoring server 10 side, IP address data and server status data transmitted from the home server 1 are received by the RM data receiving unit 52 (S027). The received data is stored in the server information management database 13 in the server status data storage process executed by the RM writing unit 54, respectively. At this time, the data is stored in a state associated with the house ID. As a result, the server information management database 13 stores the table data of the server state management table T4 and the acquisition bundle management table T2 (S028). In addition, when the RM writing unit 54 executes the server state data storage process, the monitoring server 10 is notified of the house ID assigned to the house H by the AP server 11.

  Next, the user performs an authentication operation through the user terminal 7 when using the service provided by the center server group. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 8, at the start of service use, the MB data transmission unit 71 of the member-only server 12 transmits input screen data such as an ID to the user terminal 7 (S031). Such data transmission is triggered by the user accessing the member dedicated server 12 through the user terminal 7.

  On the user terminal 7 side, the UT data receiving unit 44 receives the input screen data such as ID, and the data is expanded and the input screen such as ID is drawn (S032). Then, when the user inputs an account ID or password in a predetermined column of the input screen such as ID, the operation receiving unit 41 receives the input operation (S033). Further, the user terminal 7 generates input data such as an account ID and password input by the user in the input operation by the data generation unit 42 and executes processing for transmitting the data to the member-dedicated server 12. (S034).

  In the member dedicated server 12, the MB data receiving unit 72 receives input data such as an ID (S035). Thereafter, the resident authentication unit 74 analyzes input data such as ID, specifies the account ID and password input by the user, and determines whether or not the specified account ID and login password are consistent. If the two match, the resident authentication unit 74 turns on the authentication flag (S036), and transmits the input screen data such as an address to the user terminal 7 through the MB data transmission unit 71 ( S037).

  On the user terminal 7 side, the UT data receiving unit 44 receives the input screen data such as an address, the data is expanded, and the input screen such as the address of FIG. 12 is drawn (S038). Then, the user inputs the mac address and serial number displayed on the label L in the input fields P1 and P2 on the address input screen while viewing the label L attached to the home server 1, and inputs the address and the like. After completion, the execution button P3 is touched. When the user terminal 7 accepts these input operations by the operation accepting unit 41 (S039), the data generating unit 42 generates input data such as an address indicating the input mac address and serial number, and the data is dedicated to members. Processing to transmit to the server 12 is executed (S040).

  In the member dedicated server 12, the MB data receiving unit 72 receives input data such as an address (S041). Thereafter, the resident authentication unit 74 analyzes the input data such as the address, specifies the mac address and serial number input by the user, and determines whether or not the specified mac address and serial number match (S042). ). If the two match, the authentication operation is completed, and the user can enjoy the service provided by the center server group. Whether the mac address and the serial number are consistent is determined by obtaining data indicating a list of the mac address and the serial number from a terminal held by the home server provider and checking the data against the list. .

  When the authentication operation is completed, the resident authentication unit 74 requests the execution of the linking process via the linking request unit 73 (S043). In response to this request, the linking process execution unit 64 of the AP server 11 executes the linking process (S044). As a result, the table data of the association table T1 is stored in the server information management database 13 (S045). In other words, the table information including the house ID, the authentication information indicated by the input data such as the ID received from the user terminal 7 and the corresponding resident ID, the mac address and the serial number indicated by the input data such as the address received from the user terminal 7 is provided. Registered in the server information management database 13. As a result, the server status data stored in the server information management database 13 and the personal information data stored in the personal information management database 14 are associated with each other.

When the service provided by the center server group can be used through the procedure as described above, the process of transmitting the unloaded bundle from the monitoring server 10 to the home server 1 can be executed. The bundle transmission process will be described. As shown in FIG. 9, first, the permission notification unit 75 of the member-only server 12 generates bundle list data for displaying a list of unloaded bundles, and the data is transmitted to the user terminal. 7 is transmitted (S051).
Note that when the permission notification unit 75 generates bundle list data, the bundle transmission command unit 66 of the AP server 11 reads the table information stored in the databases 13 and 14 to check whether there is an unloaded bundle, and the investigation result Is transferred to the member-dedicated server 12.

  On the user terminal 7 side, the UT data receiving unit 44 receives the bundle list data, expands the data, and renders the bundle transmission permission screen of FIG. 13 (S052). Then, the user designates a bundle that permits transmission from the bundles displayed on the bundle transmission permission screen, and touches the transmission permission button Q4 after the bundle is designated. When the user terminal 7 accepts the transmission permission operation of the user by the operation reception unit 41 (S053), the data generation unit 42 generates transmission permission data indicating the bundle permitted to be transmitted by the user, and the data is dedicated to the member. Processing to transmit to the server 12 is executed (S054).

  In the member dedicated server 12, the MB data receiving unit 72 receives the transmission permission data (S055). Thereafter, the permission notification unit 75 analyzes the transmission permission data, identifies the bundle that the user has permitted to transmit (S056), and notifies the bundle transmission command unit 66 of the identified bundle. The bundle transmission command unit 66 extracts the bundle notified as the transmission permission target from the bundles stored in the personal information management database 14.

  Then, the bundle transmission command unit 66 delivers the extracted bundle to the bundle transmission unit 55, and commands the bundle transmission unit 55 to transmit the bundle (S057). In response to this command, the bundle transmission unit 55 transmits the bundle delivered from the bundle transmission command unit 66 to the home server 1 (S058). The home server 1 receives the unmounted bundle transmitted by the bundle transmitting unit 55, and the received bundle is mounted (installed) on the home server 1 (S059).

  Through the series of procedures described so far, the configuration of the bundle mounted on the home server 1 and the version information of each bundle are updated. After the bundle configuration and version information are updated, the updated bundle configuration and bundle information are specified when the monitoring server 10 executes a life / death monitoring process described later. Thereafter, the data in the acquisition bundle management table T2 stored in the server information management database 13 is rewritten by the RM writing unit 54 of the monitoring server 10 so as to have the updated contents.

  By the way, as a service provided by the center server group, in addition to the bundle transmission service described above, there is a life / death monitoring service of the home server 1 by the monitoring server 10, and this service is executed periodically (for example, every hour). . Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10, the monitoring server 10 reads the server state management table T4 stored in the server information management database 13 through the RM reading unit 53 (S061). Thereby, the monitoring server 10 identifies the date and time (last online date and time) last communicated with the home server 1, and determines whether or not the identified date, that is, whether a predetermined time has elapsed since the previous communication (S062). . When a predetermined time has elapsed since the previous communication (Yes in S062), the monitoring server 10 executes the life and death monitoring process (S063).

  In the alive monitoring process, when the home server 1 is in a state incapable of communicating with the monitoring server 10 (No in S064), the monitoring server 10 turns off the authentication flag (S065), and the RM writing unit 54 performs server information management. The data of the linking table T1 stored in the database 13 is updated (S066).

  On the other hand, in the alive monitoring process, when the home server 1 can communicate with the monitoring server 10 (Yes in S064), the home server 1 transmits server state data to the monitoring server 10 through the HS data transmission unit 33. (S067). When the monitoring server 10 receives the server state data by the RM data receiving unit 52 (S068), the RM writing unit 54 updates the data of the server state management table T4 stored in the server information management database 13 ( S069).

  Further, in this communication method, when the monitoring server 10 receives the server status data, the monitoring server 10 specifies whether the authentication flag is on or off from the association table T1 stored in the server information management database 13 (S070). Here, if the authentication flag is on in the previous alive monitoring process (Yes in S070), the alive monitoring process ends when the monitoring server 10 updates the data in the server state management table T4.

When the authentication flag is off in the previous alive monitoring process (No in S070), the above-described authentication operation is requested to the user again.
More specifically, if the authentication flag is off because the home server 1 was in an incommunicable state in the previous alive monitoring process, the state of the home server 1 is in a communicable state in the current alive monitoring process. If it returns, as shown in FIG. 11, input screen data, such as ID, will be transmitted toward the user terminal 7 from the member exclusive server 12 (S071). Thereafter, the authentication operation and the process associated with the operation proceed according to the same procedure as described above (S072 to S082).

  That is, the member-dedicated server 12 transmits each input screen data to the user terminal 7, and the user terminal 7 accepts an input operation by the user after drawing each input screen. Then, the user terminal 7 generates input data such as an account ID and password input by the user, and input data such as an address indicating the mac address and serial number input by the user, and these data are stored in the member-dedicated server. The process which transmits to 12 is performed.

  The member-dedicated server 12 receives the input data from the user terminal 7 and analyzes the input data to identify the input content of the user. If the specified account ID and password match, and the specified mac address and serial number match, the authentication operation is completed again. Thereafter, the user can enjoy the service provided by the center server group. In other words, in this communication method, when the predetermined time has elapsed while the home server 1 is in an incommunicable state, the user enjoys the service provided by the center server group unless the subsequent authentication operation is completed. It is supposed to be impossible. Then, when the authentication operation is completed again, the service can be used again.

  Embodiment described above is only an example regarding the communication system for building management of the present invention, the communication method for building management, and the communication server for building management, and is for facilitating understanding of the present invention. It is not intended to limit the invention. The present invention can be changed and improved without departing from the gist thereof, and the present invention includes the equivalents thereof.

  In the above embodiment, the configuration in which not only the server status data indicating the status of the home server 1 but also the power usage data indicating the power usage used in the house H has been described from the home server 1. That is, the building management communication system of the present invention can be applied to a HEMS constructed in a house with the home server 1 as a center. However, with respect to data received from the home server 1 by communicating with the home server 1, information on the state of the home server 1 and information on the energy usage used in the house H along with the operation of the energy usage equipment Of these, at least one of them may be included.

  In the above embodiment, the house ID, which is identification information unique to the house H, is obtained by performing a predetermined operation such as a hash function on the mac address of the home server 1 installed in the house H. Since the house ID is determined by performing a predetermined calculation on the mac address in this way, building identification information can be assigned relatively easily. However, the information used when determining the house ID is not limited to the mac address, and other identification information may be used as long as the information is assigned to the home server 1 as unique identification information. It is good.

  In the above embodiment, when the home server 1 is first installed in the house H and connected to the outside network 9 for the first time, data indicating the mac address of the home server 1 is transmitted to the AP server 11. It was decided to be done. On the side of the AP server 11 that has received the data, a house ID is assigned to the house H in which the home server 1 that is the data transmission source is installed, based on the mac address indicated by the data. It was decided. Here, the aspect of assigning the building identification information such as the house ID based on the server identification information such as the mac address is not limited to the above case. For example, when shipping the home server 1 from the supplier, a case where data indicating the mac address of the home server 1 is transmitted to the center server as shipping information can be considered. In such a case, on the server (specifically, a server corresponding to the AP server 11 according to the above embodiment) that has received the data indicating the mac address, building identification information such as a house ID based on the mac address. May be assigned to the house H to which the home server 1 is shipped.

  Further, in the above embodiment, when the user performs a predetermined authentication operation through the user terminal 7, the association process is executed on the AP server 11 side. In the above embodiment, the table data of the linking table T1 is generated and stored in the server information management database 13 by executing the linking process. However, the timing at which the table data of the linking table T1 is generated, that is, the execution time of the linking process is not limited to the above case, and is a time point before the time when the user performs the authentication operation. It may be. For example, in the case described in the immediately preceding paragraph, that is, in the case where the home ID is assigned to the home H to which the home server 1 is shipped when the home server 1 is shipped, the home server 1 is assigned the home ID at the time of shipment. When this is done, the table data of the linking table T1 may be generated. In such a configuration, when the authentication operation by the user is performed, the authentication flag in the association table T1 is switched from OFF to ON.

S system, H house, C management company 1 home server, 2 router, 3 modem 4 electrical equipment group, 5 sensor group, 6 distributed power supply 7 user terminal 8 home network, 9 outside network 10 monitoring server, 11 AP server, 12 Member Dedicated Server 13 Server Information Management Database 14 Personal Information Management Database 31 Power Usage Data Acquisition Unit, 32 Server Status Data Acquisition Unit 33 HS Data Transmission Unit, 34 HS Data Reception Unit 35 mac Address Data Storage Unit 36 IP Address Data storage unit 41 Operation reception unit, 42 Data generation unit 43 UT data transmission unit, 44 UT data reception unit 51 RM data transmission unit, 52 RM data reception unit 53 RM reading unit, 54 RM writing unit 55 Bundle transmission unit 61 Residential ID Allocation unit, 62 AP data transmission unit 63 P data receiving unit, 64 linking process executing unit 65 AP reading unit, 66 bundle transmission command unit 67 AP writing unit 71 MB data transmitting unit, 72 MB data receiving unit 73 linking request unit, 74 resident authentication unit, 75 permission Notification unit T1 Association table, T2 acquisition bundle management table T3 service management table, T4 server status management table T11 member information table T12 application service management table T13 bundle management tables P1, P2 input field, P3 execution buttons Q1, Q2, Q3 radio Button, Q4 transmission permission button Q5 transmission non-permission button L label

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A building-side server installed by building or by room of the building;
A building management communication server capable of communicating with the building server;
A storage device for storing the received data received from the building server by the building management communication server;
A second storage device that stores personal information data indicating personal information related to the user of the building in a state associated with user identification information assigned as unique identification information to the user;
The storage device and the second storage device are separated as separate devices,
The personal information data is stored only in the second storage device among the storage device and the second storage device,
The building management communication server includes:
Based on server identification information assigned as unique identification information to the building-side server, a first process of assigning building identification information that is unique identification information to the building or a room of the building is executed. 1 process execution unit;
A second process execution unit that executes a second process of storing the received data in the storage device in a state associated with the building identification information assigned by the first process execution unit;
A linking process execution unit that executes a linking process for linking the received data stored in the storage device and the personal information data stored in the second storage device;
The linking process execution unit executes a process of storing table data indicating table information including the user identification information and the building identification information in the storage device as the linking process ,
The building management communication system , wherein the table information includes a flag that is turned off by the building management communication server when the building server is in a communication disabled state . The building-side server is a home server installed in a house where energy-using equipment is used,
The building management communication server is a center server owned by the housing management company,
The center server communicates with the home server to at least one of information on the state of the home server and information on the amount of energy used in the house as the energy-using device is operated. The building management communication system according to claim 1, wherein the reception data indicating one of the information is received.   In the first process, the first process execution unit receives mac address data indicating the mac address of the home server as the server identification information from the home server, and based on the mac address indicated by the mac address data. The building management communication system according to claim 2, wherein the building identification information is assigned. The second storage device, a personal information data indicating the personal information about a resident of the house, is stored in a state associated with the resident identification information assigned as a unique identification information to the resident,
It receives an input operation of the resident, further comprising a user terminal end for transmitting input data indicating the contents of the residents entered in the input operation,
The user terminal is
When the authentication information given to the resident is input in the input operation, first input data indicating the input authentication information is transmitted to the center server as the input data. Send processing and
When the server identification information of the home server held by the resident is input in the input operation, second input data indicating the input server identification information is directed to the center server as the input data. Performing a second transmission process to transmit,
The linking process execution unit includes the resident identification information corresponding to the authentication information indicated by the first input data received from the user terminal as the linking process, and the second input data received from the user terminal. 4. The building management according to claim 2, wherein the storage device stores table data indicating table information including the server identification information and the building identification information. Communications system.   The building management communication according to claim 4, wherein a label on which the server identification information is displayed as character information referred to by the resident in the input operation is attached to the home server. system. The center server requests the user terminal to execute the first transmission process and the second transmission process when the home server first communicates with the center server,
When the home server returns to a state where it can communicate with the center server after being in a state where it cannot communicate with the center server, the center server returns to a state where the home server can communicate with the center server. 5. The building management communication system according to claim 4, wherein the user terminal is requested to execute the first transmission process and the second transmission process again. The center server receives the received data including the type of program installed in the home server as information related to the state of the home server from the home server,
A program storage unit storing a program that can be installed in the home server;
Based on the received data received by the center server, among the programs stored in the program storage unit, an unmounted program that is not mounted on the home server is identified, and the identified unloaded program is stored in the home server. A program transmission unit for transmitting toward the
The user terminal receives the input operation performed by the resident to permit program transmission by the program transmission unit, and transmits transmission permission data as the input data to the program transmission unit. Perform further processing,
The communication system for building management according to claim 6, wherein the program transmission unit transmits the non-installed program to the home server only when the transmission permission data is received from the user terminal. . A building-side server installed for each building or each room of the building communicates with a building management communication server that can communicate with the building-side server, and the building management communication server receives data received from the building-side server. Receiving,
A storage device stores the received data;
A state in which the second storage device separated from the storage device associates personal information data indicating personal information about the user of the building with user identification information assigned as unique identification information to the user. Remembering in,
The first processing execution unit provided in the building management communication server is unique to the building or the room of the building based on server information assigned as unique identification information to the building-side server. Performing a first process of assigning building identification information which is identification information;
A second process execution unit provided in the building management communication server executes a second process of storing the received data in the storage device in a state associated with the building identification information;
The association process execution unit provided in the building management communication server associates the received data stored in the storage device with the personal information data stored in the second storage device. Performing processing, and
The personal information data is stored only in the second storage device among the storage device and the second storage device,
In the linking process, table data indicating table information including the user identification information and the building identification information is stored in the storage device ,
The building management communication method , wherein the table information includes a flag that is turned off by the building management communication server when the building side server becomes incapable of communication. A building management communication server capable of communicating with a building-side server installed by building or by room of the building,
Based on server identification information assigned as unique identification information to the building-side server, a first process of assigning building identification information that is unique identification information to the building or a room of the building is executed. 1 process execution unit;
A second process of executing a second process of storing the received data received from the building server by the building management communication server in a storage device in a state associated with the building identification information assigned by the first process execution unit The execution part;
For associating the received data stored in the storage device with personal information data indicating personal information about the user of the building stored in a second storage device separated from the storage device A linking process execution unit for executing a linking process,
The personal information data, in a state associated with the user identification information assigned as identification information unique to a user of the building, of the storage device and the second storage device, the second storage Stored only in the device,
The linking process execution unit executes a process of storing table data indicating table information including the user identification information and the building identification information in the storage device as the linking process ,
The building management communication server, wherein the table information includes a flag that is turned off by the building management communication server when the building server becomes in a state where communication is impossible .

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