JP2016035752A - Communication processing device - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To increase users' motivation to save electric power.SOLUTION: A communication processing device in an embodiment is capable of communicating with an aggregator server installed by an aggregator who adjusts the use of power supplied by a power company, a commodity management server installed by a retailer who sells commodities, and a portable communication terminal held by a user who is an adjustment object of the use of power by the aggregator. The communication processing device comprises a receiving unit, an acquiring unit, and a transmitting unit. The receiving unit receives information on commodities from the commodity management server. The acquiring unit acquires first point information which the aggregator has given to the user from the aggregator server, in compensation for corporation in restraining the use of power during a first time band. The transmitting unit transmits advertisement information on commodities which the user can get using the first point information acquired by the acquiring unit to the communication terminal.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 4

Description

  Embodiments described herein relate generally to a communication processing apparatus.

  Traditionally, efforts to save energy have been important in order to effectively use limited energy resources.

  2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a mechanism has been proposed in which when a consumer of electric power saves electricity, a cooperation money corresponding to the amount of saved electricity is paid to the consumer. In addition, it is conceivable to give points as easy points to exchange instead of cooperation money.

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  However, the conventional technology is a technology up to grant of cooperation money and points, but does not consider the motivation and motivation to save electricity for consumers.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above, and proposes a communication processing device that promotes energy saving by improving motivation and motivation to save electricity for consumers.

  The communication processing device according to the embodiment includes an aggregator server provided by an aggregator that adjusts use of power supplied from an electric power company, a product management server provided by a retailer that sells products, and an adjustment target of power use by the aggregator It is a communication processing apparatus which can communicate with the portable communication terminal with which it is a consumer, and is provided with a receiving part, an acquisition part, and a transmission part. The receiving unit receives product information from the product management server. An acquisition part acquires the 1st point information provided to the consumer from the aggregator as a consideration for having cooperated with suppression of electric power use of a 1st time slot | zone from an aggregator server. A transmission part transmits the advertisement information of goods which can use the 1st point information acquired by the acquisition part to a consumer's communication terminal.

FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a power management system according to an embodiment. FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the concept of negative wattage. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a point exchange service performed at the data server of the data service provider according to the embodiment. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example realized by the control unit of the data server according to the embodiment executing the control program. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a flow when the advertisement generation unit according to the embodiment generates a mail. FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a first example of advertisement information generated by the advertisement generation unit of the data server according to the embodiment. FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a second example of advertisement information generated by the advertisement generation unit of the data server according to the embodiment. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating power saving information generated by the control unit of the data server according to the embodiment. FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a third example of advertisement information generated by the advertisement generation unit of the data server according to the embodiment. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating a processing procedure until a power saving request is made to a consumer in the power management system of the embodiment. FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram illustrating a processing procedure from power saving performed by a consumer to transmission of an advertisement to the consumer in the power management system according to the embodiment. FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram illustrating a procedure of processing until the consumer transmits advertisement information that causes a power-saving action in the power management system of the embodiment.

  FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration example of a power management system according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, a weather information company, a data service provider, a retailer, a power company, an aggregator, a customer, and a map information company participate in the power management system of this embodiment. doing.

  Aggregators purchase electric power that can be supplied from an electric power company and sell it to retailers and consumers. In addition, when the power company estimates that the consumer's power demand exceeds the upper limit of power supply purchased from the power company based on weather forecasts provided by the weather information company, the aggregator To reduce power consumption during peak hours.

  A power saving request made to a customer at a peak time or the like is called a demand response (hereinafter also referred to as DR). And according to the demand response with respect to each consumer from an aggregator, the electric power which a consumer produced by reducing use of electric power, in other words, the electric power obtained by power saving is called negative wattage.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating the concept of negative wattage. Since it is presumed that the power demand prediction curve 251 shown in FIG. 2 exceeds the upper limit of power supply, as a result of requesting the demand response from the consumer, the power indicated by the power consumption curve 252 is used. In this case, a difference obtained by subtracting the power consumption curve 252 from the demand prediction curve 251 is generated as a negative wattage.

  And in this embodiment, when the electric power used at the peak time etc. is reduced, an aggregator pays the reward corresponding to having created negative watts with respect to a customer side.

  In this embodiment, it is assumed that the aggregator pays a reward as a point or cooperation money to a consumer. Points are one of the common incentives used in marketing programs, and are numbers that customers can use as an alternative to money. In this embodiment, different types of points are given for each marketing program in which companies (for example, aggregators and retailers) participate. For this reason, the points paid by the aggregator cannot always be used at a retailer that sells products that the consumer wants to purchase. Therefore, the data service provider of this embodiment provides a point conversion service.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating a point exchange service performed by the data server 120 of the data service provider according to the present embodiment. As shown in FIG. 3, in this embodiment, there may be a plurality of aggregators and retailers. As described above, an aggregator and a retailer may participate in different marketing programs. In such a case, the data server 120 of the data service provider performs a service for converting the points that the customer wants to use.

  For example, when a customer has an A point provided by the first aggregator 401, the information terminal 180 requests the data server 120 for a point conversion service. In this case, the data server 120 uses the A point provided by the first aggregator 401 as the X point of the first retailer 411, the Y point of the second retailer 412, and the third retailer 413. Convert to Z point. At this time, the data server 120 records the points of each aggregator and retailer held by the consumer. Further, the customer can convert the B point of the second aggregator 402 and the cooperation money provided from the third aggregator 403 into points of the respective retailers 411 to 413.

  Further, in order for a consumer to use the point conversion service of the data server 120, it is necessary to install the point application 185 in the information terminal 180 in advance. Thereby, the consumer can use various services related to points from the information terminal 180.

  Returning to FIG. 1, the weather information company provides a weather information management server 110 that can be connected to the public network 198. The weather information company provides information on the weather to the power company and the aggregator. The weather information management server 110 includes a weather information management unit 111, a weather prediction unit 112, and a communication unit 113.

  The weather information management unit 111 manages various information related to the weather collected from radars, satellites, and the like. The weather prediction unit 112 predicts the weather in each region based on the information managed by the weather information management unit 111. The communication unit 113 transmits to the power management server 160, the aggregator server 150, and the data server 120 information on weather and weather information including the weather prediction results for each region.

  The power company has a power management server 160. The power management server 160 includes a communication unit 161 and a control unit 162.

  The communication unit 161 transmits and receives information to and from other devices. The control unit 162 is configured to control the entire power management server 160, and by executing a control program (not shown), a DR (demand response) control unit 163, a negative watt management unit 164, a cooperation money calculation unit 165, Realize.

  The DR control unit 163 records the weather and weather-related information transmitted from the weather information management server 110, the amount of power that is currently supplied, the amount of power that is currently used, and the amount of power that has been used in similar weather in the past. Based on the above, it is determined whether there is a possibility that the amount of power used exceeds the amount of power supplied. When the DR control unit 163 determines that the power supply amount exceeds the power usage amount, the DR control unit 163 requests the aggregator server 150 to initiate a demand response via the communication unit 161.

  The negative watt management unit 164 manages the negative watts created by the demand response.

  The cooperation money calculation unit 165 calculates a cooperation money corresponding to the created negative wattage. And the cooperation money calculating part 165 performs control for paying the cooperation money to the aggregator who has contracted with the consumer who created the negative wattage via the communication part 161.

  A power management terminal 170 and a home gateway 195 are provided at the home of the consumer. Further, the customer has an information terminal 180.

  The power management terminal 170 includes a communication unit 171, a display unit 172, and a measurement unit 173, and manages power in a consumer's home or facility.

  The measuring unit 173 measures the electric power for each home appliance used in the consumer's home or facility. The display unit 172 displays the measurement result obtained by the measurement unit 173.

  The communication unit 171 transmits and receives information to and from other devices. For example, the communication unit 171 transmits the measurement result obtained by the measurement unit 173 to the home gateway 195. Further, the communication unit 171 transmits the measurement result by the measurement unit 173 to the power management server 160 and the aggregator server 150 of the power company via the public network 198.

  The home gateway 195 is a server for managing energy in a consumer's home or facility, and based on a measurement result of power for each home appliance transmitted from the power management terminal 170, a home gateway (not shown) Control home appliances connected via the network in the facility. For example, when the home gateway 195 receives a power saving request from the aggregator server 150 or the like, the home gateway 195 can control each home appliance to satisfy the power saving request.

  The information terminal 180 is an information terminal used by a customer, and includes a communication unit 181, a display unit 182, an input unit 183, a control unit 184, and a position information acquisition unit 186. As the information terminal 180, for example, a mobile terminal, a smartphone, or a tablet terminal used by a consumer can be considered.

  The control unit 184 controls the information terminal 180 as a whole. In addition, the control unit 184 implements each configuration included in the point application 185 in the control unit 184 by executing the point application 185 stored on a storage device (not shown).

  The input unit 183 performs input processing for operations from consumers. The display unit 182 displays various information. The communication unit 181 transmits / receives information to / from other devices.

  The position information acquisition unit 186 is a positioning function based on GPS (global orientation system) provided in the information terminal 180, a positioning function based on position information of a known Wi-Fi access point, or a positioning based on the position of a mobile phone base station. Based on the function, the position information of the information terminal 180 is acquired. Then, the communication unit 181 transmits the acquired location information of the information terminal 180 to the data server 120 via the public network 198. By transmitting the position information of the information terminal 180, advertisement information corresponding to the position of the information terminal 180 can be provided.

  The point application 185 displays information such as points given from the aggregator and points available at the retailer in cooperation with the retailer aggregation server 130 and the data service provider data server 120.

  The retailer has a POS terminal 190, a totaling server 130, and a merchandise management server 140. The retailer provides the data service provider with product information and the like in order to encourage the purchase of the product.

  The POS terminal 190 is a terminal used when a consumer purchases a product from a retailer, and transmits the sales result of product sales to the aggregation server 130. The POS terminal 190 includes a communication unit 191, a display unit 192, an input unit 193, and a control unit 194.

  The control unit 194 controls the POS terminal 190 as a whole. The input unit 193 is a configuration for an operator to input identification information of a product to be purchased, a price of the product, and the like, and includes, for example, a keyboard and a barcode reader.

  The display unit 192 is configured to display the name, price, number, or the like of purchased products, and is configured by a display device such as a liquid crystal display, for example.

  The communication unit 191 transmits / receives information to / from other devices. For example, the communication unit 191 can transmit and receive information to and from the consumer information terminal 180. The communication unit 191 may use a wireless communication function such as NFC (Near Field Communication) or a wired communication function when communicating with the information terminal 180 of the customer.

  In addition, when a consumer purchases a product using points corresponding to the retailer, the communication unit 191 transmits an update request for the point information of the consumer to the aggregation server 130. To do.

  The aggregation server 130 includes a communication unit 131, an aggregation data storage unit 132, and a control unit 133.

  The total data storage unit 132 manages information related to products for which purchase processing has been performed at the POS terminal 190. Furthermore, the total data storage part 132 memorize | stores the purchase history information of the goods for every customer, and the information regarding the point for every customer.

  The control unit 133 is configured to manage the totaling server 130 as a whole, based on the accounting information indicating the products purchased by each customer and the request for updating the used point information transmitted from the POS terminal 190. The total data storage unit 132 is updated.

  The communication unit 131 transmits and receives information to and from other devices. For example, the communication unit 131 transmits product purchase history information for each customer to the data server 120 via the public network 198.

  The product management server 140 includes a communication unit 141, a product data storage unit 142, a control unit 143, and an input unit 144.

  The input unit 144 receives an operation from a clerk of a retailer. For example, the input unit 144 receives an input such as a change in price for each received product.

  The merchandise data storage unit 142 stores information such as inventory information (for example, points) of merchandise that the retailer has for sale and price of merchandise.

  The control unit 143 controls the entire product management server 140. The communication unit 141 transmits and receives information to and from other devices. For example, the communication unit 141 transmits the inventory information of products stored in the product data storage unit 142 to the data server 120 via the public network 198.

  The aggregator is provided with an aggregator server 150. The aggregator server 150 includes a communication unit 151 and a control unit 152.

  The communication unit 151 transmits and receives information to and from other devices. The control unit 152 is configured to control the entire aggregator server 150, and implements a power saving request unit 153, a negative watt management unit 154, and a point calculation unit 155 by executing a control program (not shown).

  Based on the demand response activation request from the power management server 160, the power saving request unit 153 requests the customer's home gateway 195 and the information terminal 180 to save power via the communication unit 151.

  The negative wattage management unit 154 manages negative watts created by each consumer in accordance with the power saving request. The point calculation unit 155 calculates points to be delivered to each consumer as corresponding to the negative watts created by each consumer. The point resource calculated by the point calculation unit 155 is the cooperation money calculated by the cooperation money calculation unit 165 of the power management server 160.

  The map information company has a map information management server 200 that can be connected to the public network 198. A map information company provides information about maps to data service providers. The map information management server 200 includes a map information management unit 201, a control unit 202, and a communication unit 203.

  The communication unit 203 transmits / receives information to / from other devices. For example, the communication unit 203 receives the position information of the information terminal 180 from the data server 120.

  The map information storage unit 201 stores various data related to the map. For example, the map information storage unit 201 stores information that can identify the current position of the information terminal 180 on the map from the position information transmitted from the information terminal 180.

  The control unit 202 performs overall control of the map information management server 200. For example, the control unit 202 refers to the map information storage unit 201 and generates map information (map information around the current position of the information terminal 180) based on the position information of the information terminal 180 transmitted from the data server 120. To do.

  The communication unit 203 transmits map information indicating the current position of the information terminal 180 and the surrounding situation to the data server 120.

  A data service provider has a data server 120. The data server 120 includes a control unit 121, a communication unit 122, and a storage unit 123.

  The storage unit 123 includes a weather data storage unit 124, a customer storage unit 125, a point storage unit 126, and a map information storage unit 127.

  The weather data storage unit 124 stores the weather for each region and information related to the weather transmitted from the weather information management server 110.

  The customer storage unit 125 stores information related to customers (customers) whose retailers sell products. Further, the customer storage unit 125 stores a correspondence relationship between a customer (customer) whose merchandise is sold by a retailer and a customer contracted by an aggregator. Furthermore, the customer memory | storage part 125 memorize | stores the mail address for contacting the customer's information terminal 180 grade | etc.,.

  The point storage unit 126 stores points acquired by the consumer from the aggregator and information on points converted by the consumer for use by the retailer from the aggregator.

  The map information storage unit 127 stores position information of each store of a retailer that can use the points stored in the point storage unit 126, and various data relating to a map including the position of the store. For example, when the map information is transmitted from the map information management server 200, the current location information of the mobile terminal 180 included in the map information and the retailer's store stored in the map information storage unit 127 The positional relationship between the current location of the mobile terminal 180 and the retailer's store can be recognized from the location information.

  The data server 120 of this embodiment provides a point application 185 to the consumer. When the customer downloads the point application 185 on the information terminal 180, the point application 185 can be executed.

  When the customer executes the point application 185 on the information terminal 180, various initial settings need to be made. Various information about the customer is registered in the customer storage unit 125 of the data server 120 by the customer performing the initial setting. Further, information necessary for acquiring the position information of the information terminal 180 is also registered. Thereby, the correspondence relationship between the user ID of the marketing program that participated to use the points of the retailer and the user ID of the marketing program that participated to acquire the points from the aggregator is registered. As a result, the data server 120 can convert points.

  The data service provider contracts with the retailer. As a result, the purchase storage information for each customer (customer) participating in the marketing program to use the points of the retailer transmitted from the aggregation server 130 is stored in the customer storage unit 125 of the data server 120. Record. Further, the customer storage unit 125 of the data server 120 stores the retailer inventory information transmitted from the merchandise management server 140. The map information storage unit 127 stores position information of each store of the retailer.

  Similarly, the data service provider contracts with the aggregator. As a result, the point information assigned to each customer transmitted from the aggregator server 150 is recorded in the point storage unit 126 of the data server 120.

  The communication unit 122 transmits / receives information to / from other devices. The control unit 121 is configured to control the entire data server 120, and by executing a control program (not shown), as illustrated in FIG. 4, the reception control unit 301, the point acquisition unit 302, and the point conversion unit 303, the advertisement generation unit 304, and the transmission control unit 305 are realized.

  The reception control unit 301 receives information related to the weather from the weather information management server 110, information related to the customer's point from the aggregator server 150, information related to the product from the product management server 140, position information from the information terminal 180, and map information management. Map information is received from the server 200.

  When the reception control unit 301 receives position information from the information terminal 180, the transmission control unit 305 transmits the position information from the information terminal 180 to the map information management server 200. Accordingly, the reception control unit 301 can receive map information indicating the current position of the information terminal 180 and the surrounding situation via the communication unit 122.

  The point acquisition unit 302 acquires, from the aggregator server 150 via the reception control unit 301, information on points given to consumers from the aggregator as consideration for cooperating with the suppression of the use of power during peak hours and the like. To do.

  The point conversion unit 303 converts the points acquired by the aggregator to the consumer acquired by the point acquisition unit 302 into points that can be used as a substitute for money when purchasing merchandise at a retailer. This point conversion may be performed in response to a request from a customer, or may be automatically performed by the data server 120. Furthermore, the exchange rate for exchanging points may be set in any way.

  The advertisement generation unit 304 includes information on the weather from the weather information management server 110, information on the customer's point from the aggregator server 150, information on the product from the product management server 140, position information of the information terminal 180, and current position of the information terminal 180. Based on the map information indicated, the advertisement information to be transmitted to the consumer is generated.

  FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a flow when the advertisement generation unit 304 according to the present embodiment generates a mail. As illustrated in FIG. 5, the communication unit 122 of the data server 120 receives weather history information, weather forecast information, and weather prediction information from the weather information management server 110. Further, the communication unit 122 of the data server 120 receives information on demand response requests, consumer personal information, consumer point information, consumer power usage history, and consumer power rate plan information from the aggregator server 150. Receive. Further, the communication unit 122 of the data server 120 receives information on demand response requests, consumer personal information, consumer point information, consumer power usage history, and consumer power rate plan information from the aggregation server 130. Receive. Further, the communication unit 122 of the data server 120 receives map information based on the position information of the information terminal 180 from the map information management server 200.

  And the advertisement production | generation part 304 produces | generates the email for transmitting to a consumer based on various received information. For example, advertisement information that allows a consumer to save power may be generated according to a demand response. As another example, based on the purchase information of the consumer, advertisement information that recommends a product that is likely to be of interest to the consumer and that has a sufficient inventory may be generated. Furthermore, based on the power usage history of the consumer, the consumer's life pattern may be predicted, and advertisement information that recommends a product that matches the lifestyle pattern may be generated.

  Further, the advertisement generation unit 304 searches for stores of retailers in the vicinity of the current position of the information terminal 180 via the map information management server 200 based on the position information of the information terminal 180 carried by the consumer. Then, the advertisement information for recommending the store and the product to be sold at the store may be generated together with the map information indicating the route to the store.

  Furthermore, the advertisement generation unit 304 estimates the consumer's behavior range from the past location information of the customer recorded in the map information storage unit 127, and the within the behavior range via the map information management server 200. The retailer's store may be searched to generate advertisement information including map information showing the route to the store.

  The transmission control unit 305 transmits the advertisement information generated by the advertisement generation unit 304 to the information terminal 180 via the communication unit 181. As the advertisement information to be transmitted, for example, advertisement information of a product that can use the points acquired by the point acquisition unit 302 or the points converted by the point conversion unit 303 can be considered.

  FIG. 6 is a diagram illustrating a first example of advertisement information generated by the advertisement generation unit 304 of the data server 120 of the present embodiment.

  When the advertisement information shown in FIG. 6 is generated, the reception control unit 301 receives a so-called demand response request from the aggregator server 150 that suppresses the use of power during a time period in which the power usage is peak. To do. In this case, the transmission control unit 305 transmits information for reducing the use of power to the information terminal 180. Therefore, the advertisement generation unit 304 of the present embodiment generates advertisement information for guiding a consumer to an action that reduces the use of power. This advertisement information describes that point information is given when a customer visits a retailer's store or purchases a product at a peak time. Further, a link for displaying map information is set beside the store name. As a result, it is easy to induce customers to go out.

  In the example of the advertisement information shown in FIG. 6, the column 601 indicates the number of points given for each time period in response to the power saving request from the aggregator server 150. This number of points is set so as to increase as it approaches the peak time zone. As described above, according to the height of demand response request, points to be given to the consumers are changed for each time zone.

  Thus, by giving the number of points according to the time zone, the motivation to go to the retailer's store is improved as the customer approaches the peak time zone. In other words, when the customer goes to the store at the peak time, it is considered that the consumer appliances and the like are turned off, so that it is possible to contribute to the reduction of the power consumption at the peak time according to the demand response request.

  In addition, the advertisement generation unit 304 may present power, CO2 reduction amount when the home appliance is stopped, and points given when the home appliance is stopped, as shown in the column 602. . Thereby, since the advantage which arises when the electricity of a household appliance is extinguished can be recognized, the improvement in the motivation for saving electricity to the consumer can be achieved.

  Furthermore, as shown in a column 603, products that are estimated to be interested by the consumer may be displayed based on the purchase history of the consumer. At that time, with reference to the inventory information of the retailer, products with sufficient inventory may be preferentially displayed. A link to the map is set for each store name in the column 603.

  Any method may be used for the arrangement of the store in the column 603. For example, a method of arranging based on the current position of the information terminal 180 is conceivable. For example, the advertisement generation unit 304 may arrange store names from the top in the column 603 in the order of stores close to the current position of the information terminal 180 based on the position information of the information terminal 180. As another method, the advertisement generation unit 304 estimates the consumer's action range based on the past location information history of the mobile terminal 180, and in the column 603 in the order in which the customer frequently goes, Store names within the range may be arranged from the top.

  In the example illustrated in FIG. 6, the example in which the advertisement information that prompts the customer to go to the store is displayed has been described. However, it is not limited to displaying such advertisement information.

  FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a second example of advertisement information generated by the advertisement generation unit 304 of the data server 120 of the present embodiment. The advertisement information shown in FIG. 7 is a screen example displayed by the point application 185 of the consumer information terminal 180.

  In the example of the advertisement information shown in FIG. 7, an example will be described in which it is possible to select whether to participate in the power saving program together with the time sale display 703. In the example shown in FIG. 7, a power demand curve and a power supply curve are shown, and points given when participating in power saving for each time zone are shown. For example, when the input unit 183 receives selection of a time zone 701 from 12:00 to 14:00 from the screen from a consumer, the display unit 182 of the information terminal 180 participates in power saving in the time zone. A popup 702 for confirmation is displayed. Further, when the input unit 183 receives a selection of “Yes” 704 from the pop-up 702 from the consumer, the communication unit 181 uses the power consumption of the home appliance in the time zone to the home gateway 195. Request to reduce Thereby, the consumer can perform power saving action in the peak time zone. Further, a time sale in the peak time zone is displayed in the column 703. Thereby, when a consumer goes to a store in a peak time zone, the reduction of the usage-amount of further electric power is realizable.

  Further, the data server 120 may transmit the power saving information performed by the customer to the information terminal 180. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating power saving information generated by the control unit 121 of the data server 120 of the present embodiment. The power saving information shown in FIG. 8 is provided as a screen of the point application 185 of the consumer information terminal 180.

  In the screen example of the power saving information shown in FIG. 8, in the column 801, the power saving amount (in other words, the negative wattage amount) for each unit selected by the consumer is displayed. In a column 802, information on points given based on power saving performed by the consumer is displayed. Further, in the column 803, a ranking indicating the order of the given points is shown. Thereby, the consumer can improve the motivation of power saving by referring to the ranking.

  FIG. 9 is a diagram illustrating a third example of advertisement information generated by the advertisement generation unit 304 of the data server 120 of the present embodiment. The advertisement information shown in FIG. 9 is provided as a screen of the point application 185 of the consumer information terminal 180. In the screen example shown in FIG. 9, the current point of the consumer is shown. Furthermore, when a consumer saves power during peak hours, an exchangeable product is presented. The exchangeable product is a product that is selected based on the purchase history of the customer's product and is likely to be of interest to the customer.

  As described above, the data server 120 according to the present embodiment transmits, to the information terminal 180 or the like, advertisement information that causes a consumer to save power according to the demand response request. At that time, the data server 120 transmits advertisement information that is advantageous to the consumer. The action according to the advertisement information is not an action to endure something to save power. For this reason, power saving according to the demand response request can be easily realized.

  Furthermore, the advertisement generation unit 304 refers to the power usage history of the consumer, and when it is estimated that there is a household electrical appliance with a high amount of power usage, out of the household electrical appliances currently sold, Advertising information that recommends home appliances with reduced usage may be generated.

  The data server 120 of the present embodiment can improve the motivation for saving electricity to the consumer by outputting the screen information and the advertisement information described above.

  Next, processing until a power saving request is made to a consumer in the power management system of the present embodiment will be described. FIG. 10 is a sequence diagram illustrating a procedure of the above-described process in the power management system according to the present embodiment.

  First, the weather prediction unit 112 of the weather information management server 110 predicts the weather for each region (step S1001). And the communication part 113 transmits the weather forecast etc. which are a prediction result to the power management server 160 grade | etc., (Step S1002).

  Next, the DR control unit 163 of the power management server 160 predicts the amount of power used by a customer or the like based on the received weather forecast or the like (step S1003). Then, the DR control unit 163 determines whether or not the predicted power usage exceeds the amount of power supplied by the power company (step S1004). In the sequence diagram shown in FIG. 10, a case where it is determined that the value exceeds the number will be described.

  When the DR control unit 163 of the power management server 160 determines that the demand exceeds, the aggregator server 150 is requested to start a demand response together with a notification of a cooperation fee given when cooperating with the demand response ( Step S1005). The cooperation money may be paid at any timing, and any payment method may be used.

  And the aggregator server 150 requests | requires power saving with respect to the consumer's information terminal 180 or the home gateway 195 according to the received request | requirement request | requirement of an activation request | requirement (step S1006).

  Power saving according to the demand response is started for each consumer by the processing procedure described above.

  Next, processing from power saving performed by a consumer in the power management system of the present embodiment to transmission of an advertisement to the consumer will be described. FIG. 11 is a sequence diagram illustrating a procedure of the above-described process in the power management system according to the present embodiment.

  First, the measurement unit 173 of the power management terminal 170 provided in the consumer's home or facility measures the power used in the home or facility (step S1101). Then, the communication unit 171 of the power management terminal 170 transmits the power usage amount to the aggregator server 150 (step S1102). The aggregator server 150 can calculate the power saving amount performed for each consumer, in other words, the negative watts created for each consumer, from the power consumption transmitted for each consumer.

  And the point calculating part 155 of the aggregator server 150 issues and records the point corresponding to a negative watt for every consumer (step S1103). This point can be used as a substitute for money. The funds for these points will be cooperation money from the electric power company.

  Then, the communication unit 151 of the aggregator server 150 notifies the data server 120 of the point information issued for each customer (step S1104). Thereby, the data server 120 stores the point information for each customer in the point storage unit 126.

  Next, the communication unit 122 of the data server 120 receives an exchange request for a point for a retailer from the information terminal 180 of the customer (step S1105).

  In response to the exchange request, the point conversion unit 303 of the data server 120 converts the points given from the aggregator into points for the retailer and records them (step S1106). Note that the information regarding the converted points may be managed by the information terminal 180, the aggregation server 130, or the like, in addition to being managed by the point storage unit 126 of the data server 120.

  Then, the communication unit 122 of the data server 120 notifies the information terminal 180 of the completion of conversion (step S1107).

  Thereby, when a consumer authenticates a consumer with the information terminal 180 at a retailer's store, the consumer can purchase a product using points. At that time, the information terminal 180 performs processing for purchasing a product by using points with the POS terminal 190 (step S1108).

  Then, the POS terminal 190 and the aggregation server 130 perform a product purchase process (step S1109). Then, the aggregation server 130 notifies the information terminal 180 of an electronic receipt (step S1110). And the totaling server 130 memorize | stores the information regarding the goods which the said consumer purchased.

  Further, the communication unit 131 of the aggregation server 130 notifies the data server 120 of the purchase information and point information of the customer to the data server 120 (step S1111). Data such as consumer purchase information and point information may be transmitted from the data server 120 to the consumer information terminal 180 as an electronic receipt.

  On the other hand, the data server 120 receives retailer inventory information from the merchandise management server 140 (step S1112).

  Further, the communication unit 112 of the data server 120 receives the current position information of the information terminal 180 from the information terminal 180 (step S1114).

  Then, the communication unit 112 of the data server 120 transmits the received location information of the information terminal 180 to the map information management server 200 (step S1115).

  And the control part 202 of the map information management server 200 produces | generates the map information which showed the periphery of the present position of the information terminal 180 based on the positional information on the information terminal 180 (step S1116). Then, the communication unit 203 of the map information management server 200 transmits the generated map information to the data server 120 (step S1117).

  Then, the data server 120 uses the received inventory information, customer purchase information and point information, the location information of the information terminal 180, the map information around the information terminal 180, etc. Is generated, and the advertisement information is transmitted (step S1113).

  Through the processing procedure described above, the data server 120 can transmit advertisement information corresponding to the retailer's inventory, the needs of the customer, and the location information of the information terminal 180.

  Furthermore, the data service provider may provide advertisement information that allows the consumer to take power saving action in response to a request from the aggregator. In the power management system of the present embodiment, a process until transmission of advertisement information that causes a customer to take power saving action will be described. FIG. 12 is a sequence diagram illustrating a procedure of the above-described processing in the power management system of the present embodiment.

  First, the communication unit 151 of the aggregator server 150 transmits power saving request information corresponding to the demand response from the power management server 160 to the data server 120 (step S1201).

  Next, the communication unit 151 of the aggregator server 150 transmits the power usage history information of the customer to the data server 120 (step S1202).

  Further, the communication unit 122 of the data server 120 receives the merchandise information of the retailer from the merchandise management server 140 (step S1203).

  On the other hand, the communication unit 181 of the information terminal 180 transmits position information indicating the current position of the customer's information terminal 180 to the data server 120 (step S1220).

  And the communication part 112 of the data server 120 transmits the positional information on the information terminal 180 with respect to the map information management server 200 (step S1221).

  Further, the control unit 202 of the map information management server 200 generates map information indicating the periphery of the current position of the information terminal 180 based on the received position information. And the communication part 203 of the positional information management server 200 transmits map data with respect to the data server 120 (step S1222).

  And the advertisement production | generation part 1204 of the data server 120 produces | generates the advertisement information according to a consumer including map information (step S1204). The advertisement information includes a link to map information showing the route to the store along with information that prompts the retailer's store to visit the store at a time when the customer wants to save power. Examples of screens as shown in FIG. 6, 7 or 9 are conceivable.

  Next, the communication unit 122 of the data server 120 transmits the generated advertisement information to the information terminal 180 (step S1205). Then, the consumer refers to the advertisement information transmitted to the information terminal 180 (step S1206). Thereby, a consumer moves to power saving action. For example, the consumer recognizes from the advertisement information that the time sale at the peak time of the product is performed, and stops the operation of the home appliance (step S1207). This consumer activity creates negative watts. Then, the power management terminal 170 continues to measure the power used in the home or facility, including the home appliances stopped in response to the power saving action (step S1208).

  The customer moves to the retailer's store to go to the time sale (step S1209). Here, when a plurality of retailers conduct a time sale, the consumer can determine the retailer's store to go to by referring to the map information from the information terminal 180. And a consumer can purchase goods from a retailer according to advertising information. The point indicated by the advertisement information is given to the consumer by the movement of the retailer to the store or the purchase of the product from the retailer in the peak time zone of the consumer. The funds for granting the points will be cooperation money from the electric power company.

  On the other hand, the power management terminal 170 transmits the power consumption measured in the home or facility to the aggregator server 150 (step S1210).

  And the point calculating part 155 of the aggregator server 150 issues and records the point corresponding to the negative watt created by the operation stop of the home appliance from the received power consumption (step S1211).

  With the processing procedure described above, it is possible to create negative wattage by causing the consumer to save electricity.

  In the above-described embodiment, the advertisement information describing the products that can use the points accumulated by the consumer is transmitted. Thereby, the consumer can easily recognize the point usage destination. Therefore, the consumer can be motivated to maintain motivation for accumulating points and to save power. Thereby, the cooperation of a consumer's power saving corresponding to a demand response is realizable.

  Although the embodiment of the present invention has been described, this embodiment is presented as an example and is not intended to limit the scope of the invention. These novel embodiments can be implemented in various other forms, and various omissions, replacements, and changes can be made without departing from the scope of the invention. These embodiments and modifications thereof are included in the scope and gist of the invention, and are included in the invention described in the claims and the equivalents thereof.

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 110 ... Weather information management server, 111 ... Weather information management part, 112 ... Weather prediction part, 113 ... Communication part, 120 ... Data server, 121 ... Control part, 122 ... Communication part, 123 ... Storage part, 124 ... Weather data storage , 125 ... customer storage unit, 126 ... point storage unit, 127 ... map information storage unit, 130 ... aggregation server, 131 ... communication unit, 132 ... aggregation data storage unit, 133 ... control unit, 140 ... merchandise management server, 141 ... communication unit 142 ... product data storage unit 143 ... control unit 144 ... input unit 150 ... aggregator server 151 ... communication unit 152 ... control unit 153 ... power saving request unit 154 ... negawatt management unit 155 ... Point calculation unit, 160 ... power management server, 161 ... communication unit, 162 ... control unit, 163 ... DR control unit, 164 ... negative watt management unit, 165 Cooperation money calculation unit, 170 ... power management terminal, 171 ... communication unit, 172 ... display unit, 173 ... measurement unit, 180 ... information terminal, 181 ... communication unit, 182 ... display unit, 183 ... input unit, 184 ... control unit 185 ... Point application, 186 ... Position information acquisition unit, 190 ... POS terminal, 191 ... Communication unit, 192 ... Display unit, 193 ... Input unit, 194 ... Control unit, 195 ... Home gateway, 198 ... Public network, 200 ... Map information management server 201 ... Map information management part 202 ... Control part 203 ... Communication part 301 ... Reception control part 302 ... Point acquisition part 303 ... Point conversion part 304 ... Advertisement generation part 305 ... Transmission Control unit.

Claims (6)

An aggregator server provided by an aggregator that adjusts the use of power supplied from an electric power company, a product management server provided by a retailer that sells products, and a mobile that is provided by a consumer who is a target for adjusting the use of power by the aggregator A communication processing device capable of communicating with a possible communication terminal,
A receiving unit for receiving product information from the product management server;
An acquisition unit that acquires, from the aggregator server, first point information given to the consumer from the aggregator as a consideration for cooperating with the suppression of the use of power in the first time period;
A transmission unit that transmits the advertisement information of the product that can use the first point information acquired by the acquisition unit to the communication terminal of the consumer;
A communication processing apparatus comprising: The receiving unit further receives a request to reduce the use of power in the first time period from the aggregator server,
The transmission unit is further configured to receive the request to reduce the use of power in the received first time zone, or to purchase the merchandise at the retailer's store in the first time zone. Transmitting the advertising information describing that the first point information is to be given to the communication terminal;
The communication processing apparatus according to claim 1. As the request for deterring the use of power in the first time zone, the transmitter is described that the points given to the consumer are different for each time zone in which a product is purchased at the retailer's store. Yes,
The communication processing apparatus according to claim 2. The receiving unit further receives the purchase history information of the consumer from the aggregation server of the retailer that manages the purchase history of the consumer product.
The receiving unit further receives, from the communication terminal, the position information of the communication terminal acquired by the position information acquisition unit provided in the communication terminal,
The transmission unit transmits the advertisement information of the product selected based on the received purchase history information of the consumer, the received information of the product, and the received location information.
The communication processing apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 3. Points for converting the first point information acquired by the aggregator to the consumer acquired by the acquisition unit into second point information that can be used as a substitute for money when purchasing merchandise at the retailer The conversion part
The communication processing device according to any one of claims 1 to 4, further comprising: Communication processing capable of communication with an aggregator server provided by an aggregator that adjusts power consumption, a product management server provided by a retailer that sells products, and a communication terminal provided by a consumer whose power consumption is to be adjusted by the aggregator A device,
A receiving unit that receives a first request to suppress the use of power in a first time zone from the aggregator server;
A transmission unit that transmits advertisement information indicating that a point is given to the customer's communication terminal in the first time zone when the retailer comes to the store or purchases a product; ,
A communication processing apparatus comprising:

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