JP2017054362A - Equipment information management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an equipment information management system capable of realizing a cancellation of an access right to equipment with a simple configuration when use of the equipment is stopped in association with a move of a user, and the like.SOLUTION: In an equipment information management system, equipment 10 transmits information to a management server device 2 at set intervals. When accessed by a user communication device T through a communication line 1, the management server device 2: identifies the equipment 10 to which a user has an access right on the basis of authentication information; and at least either intermediates transmission of control command information to the equipment 10 to which the user has the access right or allows the user to browse equipment operation information about the equipment 10 to which the user has the access right. Also, when not receiving the information from the equipment 10 for a certain period longer than a set period, the maintenance server performs a right cancellation process to cancel the access right of the user included in the authentication information to the equipment 10.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

  The present invention includes a plurality of facility devices fixedly installed in a building, is capable of information communication with each of the facility devices via a communication line, and has access authority to the facility devices. The present invention relates to a device information management system including a management server device that stores authentication information associated with a facility device and receives and stores device operation information indicating an operation state of the facility device from each of the facility devices.

  Patent Document 1 describes a device information management system that includes a facility server that is fixedly installed in a building such as a house, and that includes a management server device that can communicate information with the facility device via a communication line. Has been. In this device information management system, the facility device transmits device operation information indicating its own operation status to the management server device, and the management server device stores the device operation information. Then, when there is an access from a user communication device used by a user of the facility device, the management server device transmits the device operation information to the user communication device to allow the user to browse. As a result, the user can confirm how the equipment is operating from a remote location. In this device information management system, the management server device mediates transmission of control command information from the user communication device to the facility device. As a result, the user can control the operation of the equipment from a remote location.

  Incidentally, in the device information management system as described in Patent Document 1, it is normal to permit browsing of device operation information of facility equipment and remote control of the facility device only to authorized users.

  In the device information management system described in Patent Document 2, the facility device includes a device such as a water heater and an operation terminal (a so-called remote control device) used when the device is used. The management server device manages registration of access authority for the equipment by the user. If a user who has a building as a residence has access authority to the equipment installed in the building, he / she accesses the management server device using the user communication device used by the user. And the remote control of the equipment (hot water heater) can be performed via the management server device.

In addition, when the original user moves, if the authentication information stored in the management server device and associated with the user who has the authority to access the equipment is not deleted, Can remotely control the equipment. In that case, the equipment may be operated in a manner not intended by the next transferee, that is, the true user.
In order to avoid the occurrence of such a problem, in the system described in Patent Document 2, when the facility device detects that the power supply has stopped for a certain period of time or more, it considers this to be a move, and from the user communication device, It is configured to shift to a remote operation disabled mode in which remote operation is rejected.

JP 2004-005496 A Japanese Patent No. 4781845

  In the system described in Patent Document 2, when the power supply to a facility device is stopped, a function capable of measuring the power failure time on the facility device side is necessary, or the time immediately before the power supply is stopped is stored. Even during a power outage, the facility equipment must require more than a certain function.

  The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to simply configure the loss of access authority to a facility device when the use of the facility device is stopped due to a user's move or the like. The point is to provide a device information management system that can be realized by the system.

In order to achieve the above object, the feature configuration of the equipment information management system according to the present invention includes a plurality of equipment equipment fixedly installed in a building, and information between each equipment equipment via a communication line. Authentication information in which communication is possible and a user having access authority to the equipment and the equipment is associated is stored, and equipment operation information indicating an operation status of the equipment is stored in the equipment A device information management system comprising a management server device that receives and stores each of
The facility device transmits information to the management server device every set period,
The management server device, when accessed via the communication line from a user communication device used by the user, identifies the facility device to which the user has access authority based on the authentication information. Identifying and mediating transmission of control command information from the user communication device to the facility device for which the user has access authority, and the facility for which the user has access authority Permits the user to view the device operation information of the device using the user communication device, and receives information from the facility device for a certain period longer than the set period. If not, authority loss processing for losing access authority to the equipment by the user included in the authentication information is performed.

According to the above characteristic configuration, if the facility device is normal, information is transmitted to the management server device every set period, so that the management server device can receive information from the facility device every set period. On the other hand, it can be said that the situation in which the management server apparatus does not receive information from the equipment for a certain period longer than the set period indicates a situation in which the equipment is not normal. For example, when the user of the facility device moves (moves) and power is not supplied to the facility device, the facility device cannot transmit information to the management server device for each set period. And if the user of an equipment device moves (withdraws), it is preferable to lose the access authority with respect to the equipment equipment by a user.
Therefore, when the management server device does not receive information from the equipment for a certain period longer than the set period, the management server device performs authority loss processing for losing the access authority to the equipment by the user included in the authentication information. . In other words, the management server device only monitors the presence or absence of an event that may occur when the user of the facility device moves (that is, an event that the management server device does not receive information from the facility device for a certain period of time). It is possible to determine whether or not to perform erasure processing. At this time, the facility device is not required to perform any processing while power is not supplied to the facility device.
Therefore, it is possible to provide a device information management system that can realize the disappearance of access authority to a facility device with a simple configuration when the use of the facility device is stopped due to a user's move or the like.

  Another characteristic configuration of the device information management system according to the present invention is that the facility device stores a user who has access authority to the device device, and is connected to the user communication device. Accepting the control command information to the user from the user communication device used by the user if the user has access authority to the user when accessed via a private network; and The user is allowed to view at least one of the device operation information using the user communication device.

  According to the above characteristic configuration, when the facility device is accessed from the user communication device via the private network to which the facility device is connected, if the user has an access right for the user, Is allowed to receive control command information from the user communication device used by the user and to allow the user to browse the device operation information using the user communication device. That is, for example, if the user can connect to the private network from the user communication device while staying at the building, the user can access the facility device without going through the management server device.

  According to still another characteristic configuration of the device information management system according to the present invention, the facility device stores a user who has an access right to itself, and is used by the user who has an access right to itself. The point is that the user communication device transmits the access to the management server device through the private network to which the user communication device is connected.

  According to the above characteristic configuration, the management server device can know that the user has accessed the equipment device by connecting to the private network from the user communication device while staying in the building, for example.

  Still another characteristic configuration of the device information management system according to the present invention is that the management server device performs the authority loss processing within the predetermined period after performing the authority loss processing. Recovering the user's access authority to the equipment when the user communication equipment used by the user who has access authority to the equipment is accessed via the private network It is in.

Even if the user of the equipment does not move, and the power is not supplied to the equipment due to a temporary power failure, the equipment cannot transmit information to the management server device for each set period. In that case, although the user of the facility device has not moved (moved out), the management server device can perform authority loss processing for losing the access authority to the facility device by the user. In other words, at the stage where the management server device performs the authority loss process, it is not distinguished whether it is due to the stop of the power supply to the equipment due to the user's move or due to a temporary power failure.
However, the fact that the user's user communication device has accessed the equipment via the private network means that the user has not moved, that is, the user's access authority should be maintained effectively. It can be said that there is. Therefore, in this feature configuration, the management server device has a user who has access authority to the equipment for the equipment for which authority has been lost within a predetermined period after the authority has been lost. When access is made from a user communication device used by the user via a private network, the user's access authority to the facility device is restored. As a result, even if the user of the equipment has not moved (removed), even if the authority loss process that causes the user to lose the access authority to the equipment is performed, the access authority is restored thereafter. Will be.

  Still another characteristic configuration of the device information management system according to the present invention is that the management server device performs the authority loss processing within the predetermined period after performing the authority loss processing. When there is no access via the private network from the user communication device used by the user who has access authority to the equipment, the user's access authority to the equipment is restored. The point is to make it impossible.

Even if the user of the equipment does not move, and the power is not supplied to the equipment due to a temporary power failure, the equipment cannot transmit information to the management server device for each set period. In that case, although the user of the facility device has not moved (moved out), the management server device can perform authority loss processing for losing the access authority to the facility device by the user. In other words, at the stage where the management server device performs the authority loss process, it is not distinguished whether it is due to the stop of the power supply to the equipment due to the user's move or due to a temporary power failure.
However, if there is no access from the user communication device of the user to the equipment device via the private network, it can be said that it is appropriate to move the user, that is, to invalidate the access authority of the user. Therefore, in this feature configuration, the management server device has a user who has access authority to the equipment for the equipment for which authority has been lost within a predetermined period after the authority has been lost. When there is no access through the private network from the user communication device used by the user, the user's access authority to the facility device is made unrecoverable thereafter. As a result, after the user of the facility device moves (moves), the access authority to the facility device by the user can be prevented from being recovered.

  According to still another characteristic configuration of the device information management system according to the present invention, the management server device transmits information indicating that access authority has been lost by the authority loss processing to the user communication device of the user. In the point.

  According to the above characteristic configuration, the user can know that the access authority has been lost by the authority loss process.

It is a figure which shows the structure of an apparatus information management system. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of a user communication apparatus. It is a flowchart explaining access authority management control. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of a user communication apparatus. It is a figure which shows the example of a display screen of a user communication apparatus.

A device information management system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
FIG. 1 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a device information management system. As shown in the figure, the device information management system includes a plurality of facility devices 10 fixedly installed in the building 3 and is capable of information communication with each of the facility devices 10 via the communication line 1. A device 2 is provided. The user communication device T illustrated in FIG. 1 is a mobile communication terminal such as a mobile phone or a smartphone used by a user who is a resident of the building 3 or a computer device having a communication function. FIG. 1 depicts an example in which two buildings 3 (3A, 3B) are drawn and one facility device 10 (10A, 10B) is provided in each building 3 (3A, 3B). There are no restrictions on the number of buildings 3 installed and the number of equipment 10 installed in each building 3.

  In each building 3 (3A, 3B) such as a dwelling unit, an internal private network 14 (14A, 14B) and an external communication line 1 are connected using a router 13 (13A, 13B). The equipment 10 (10A, 10B) is connected to the external communication line 1 via the router 13 (13A, 13B). In the example illustrated in FIG. 1, the facility device 10 includes a fuel cell 12 and a remote control device 11 that performs settings, operation commands, and the like of the fuel cell 12. The remote control device 11 is also a communication device having a function of performing information communication with the outside while being connected to the communication line 1 via the router 13. The remote control device 11 also has an information storage function, an information processing function, and the like. Note that the example of the equipment 10 is not limited to the combination of the fuel cell 12 and the remote control device 11, but a combination of various devices and the remote control device 11 that performs setting of the device, an operation command, and the like. It can be used as the equipment 10.

  The management server device 2 performs information communication with the facility device 10 and information communication with the user communication device T. The management server device 2 is realized using a computer having an information communication function, an information storage function, an arithmetic processing function, and the like. The functions of the management server device 2 include an information presentation process and a remote control process. The information presentation process is a function of receiving and storing device operation information indicating the operation status of each facility device 10 from each of the facility devices 10 and providing it to the user communication device T. The remote control process is a function that mediates transmission of control command information from the user communication device T to the facility device 10.

  Note that such information presentation processing and remote control processing are provided only to specific users (users having access authority). For example, the information presentation process and the remote control process for the equipment 10A are provided only to the user who is a resident of the building 3A, for example. Specifically, the management server device 2 stores authentication information in which a user who has access authority to the facility device 10A and the facility device 10A are associated with each other. Similarly, the management server device 2 stores authentication information in which a user who has access authority to the equipment device 10B is associated with the equipment device 10B.

  In the example of the authentication information illustrated in FIG. 1, the management server device 2 stores a user a1 as a user who has access authority to the equipment device 10A. In addition, the management server device 2 stores a user b1 and a user b2 as users who have access authority to the equipment 10B. The user a1 uses the user communication device Ta1 (T), the user b1 uses the user communication device Tb1 (T), and the user b2 uses the user communication device. Tb2 (T). Then, when there is an access through the communication line 1 from the user communication device T used by the user, the management server device 2 identifies the equipment device 10 to which the user has access authority based on the authentication information. Identify and mediate transmission of control command information from the user communication device T to the facility device 10 to which the user has access authority, and the facility device to which the user has access authority The device operation information is configured to permit at least one of the user's browsing of the device operation information using the user communication device T.

  As a method for identifying whether or not the user who has accessed the management server device 2 has the access authority, the user who has accessed using the user communication device T can input a password or the like. When the input result is correct, a method for identifying that the user has access authority, or device identification information of the user communication device T used by the user is acquired, and the device identification information is already registered. In some cases, various authentication methods such as a method of identifying that the user has access authority can be used.

  In the present embodiment, each facility device 10 transmits information to the management server device 2 for each set period while power is supplied. In other words, the management server device 2 can determine that power is supplied to the facility device 10 if information is transmitted from the facility device 10 for each set period. On the other hand, the management server device 2 can determine that power is not continuously supplied to the facility device 10 if no information is transmitted from the facility device 10 for each set period. As a situation where power is not continuously supplied to the equipment 10, a situation where power is not supplied to the equipment 10 due to the resident's retreat from the building 3 can be considered.

  The information that each facility device 10 transmits to the management server device 2 is, for example, device operation information that indicates the operation status of the facility device 10. And the management server apparatus 2 receives and memorize | stores the apparatus operation information which shows the operating condition of the equipment 10 from each of the equipment 10. In the example illustrated in FIG. 1, the management server device 2 includes, as device operation information, information about the power generation status of the fuel cell 12A as the facility device 10A and information about the power generation status of the fuel cell 12B as the facility device 10B. I remember it. For example, as information on the power generation status, the current state of whether power generation is currently being performed or stopped, the current power generation, the amount of power generation in the past predetermined period, the past power generation or the transition of power generation amount There are various information such as the presence or absence of failure.

  FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of the user communication device T. As shown in the figure, the display screen of the user communication device T shows the operating status of the fuel cell 12 as the facility device 10. Specifically, the user communication device T displays that the fuel cell 12 is currently generating power, and the transition of the past generated power of the fuel cell 12. In addition, when the user makes a selection input to the “remote control” button 20, it is possible to shift to a mode for instructing remote control to the fuel cell 12 as the equipment 10.

  As shown in FIG. 1, each user can access the equipment 10 used by the user by using the user communication device T without going through the management server device 2. In other words, the facility device 10 stores users who have access authority to itself, and when the user communication device T is accessed via the private network 14 to which the facility device 10 is connected, If the user has access authority to himself / herself, the user receives control command information from the user communication device T used by the user, and the user receives the device operation information from the user communication device T. Allow at least one of browsing using. In addition, the facility device 10 informs the management server device 2 that access has been made from the user communication device T used by a user who has access authority to the facility device 10 via the private network 14 to which the facility device 10 is connected. Send. As a result, the management server apparatus 2 can know that the user has connected to the private network 14 from the user communication device T and accessed the facility device 10 while staying at the building 3, for example.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart for explaining access authority management control. The management server apparatus 2 performs the access authority management control shown in FIG. 3 in parallel while constantly performing the information presentation process and the remote control process described above.
In step # 10, the management server device 2 determines whether information (for example, device operation information of the facility device 10) is received from each facility device 10 within a certain period. As described above, since each facility device 10 is configured to transmit information to the management server device 2 for each set period, the facility device 10 has a longer period than the set period in which each facility device 10 transmits information. If the certain period is set, the management server device 2 can receive information from each facility device 10 within the certain period. And if electric power is continuously supplied with respect to the equipment 10 and the equipment 10 is operate | moving, it can be considered that a resident exists in the building 3. FIG. On the other hand, if power is not continuously supplied to the equipment 10 and the equipment 10 is not operating, it can be considered that a resident has left the building 3.

  Therefore, the management server device 2 returns to the beginning of this flowchart when information is received from the equipment 10 within a certain period of time in step # 10 (in the case of “Yes” in step # 10). In contrast, if the management server device 2 has not received information from the equipment 10 within a certain period in step # 10 (in the case of “No” in step # 10), the management server device 2 proceeds to step # 11. .

  In step # 11, when the management server device 2 does not receive information from the facility device 10 for a certain period longer than the set period, the management server device 2 loses access authority to the facility device 10 by the user included in the authentication information. Execute authority loss processing. Thereby, for example, after a resident (user) leaves the building 3, the resident cannot perform remote control on the equipment 10.

  More specifically, if the equipment device 10 is normal, information is transmitted to the management server device 2 for each set period. Therefore, the management server device 2 receives information from the equipment device 10 for each set period. it can. On the other hand, it can be said that the situation in which the management server device 2 does not receive information from the equipment 10 for a certain period longer than the set period indicates a situation in which the equipment 10 is not normal. For example, if the user of the facility device 10 moves (moves) and power is not supplied to the facility device 10, the facility device 10 cannot transmit information to the management server device 2 for each set period. And if the user of the equipment 10 moves (withdraws), it is preferable to lose the access authority with respect to the equipment 10 by the user.

  Therefore, when the management server device 2 does not receive information from the equipment 10 for a certain period longer than the set period, the authority is lost that causes the user included in the authentication information to lose access authority to the equipment 10. Process. That is, the management server device 2 monitors the presence or absence of an event that may occur when the user of the facility device 10 moves (that is, an event that the management server device 2 does not receive information from the facility device 10 for a certain period of time). It is possible to determine whether or not to perform authority loss processing. At this time, the facility device 10 is not required to perform any processing while the power is not supplied to the facility device 10. Therefore, it is possible to provide a device information management system that can realize the disappearance of access authority to a facility device 10 with a simple configuration when the use of the facility device 10 is stopped due to a user's move or the like.

  In addition, the power supply to the equipment device 10 is not stopped by moving away from the building 3, but the power supply to the equipment device 10 may not be performed due to a temporary power failure. And if the said authority loss process is performed in the management server apparatus 2, even if the user who is a resident of the building 3 accesses the management server apparatus 2, it will be handled as what does not have an access authority. However, as described above, the user who is a resident of the building 3 can also access the equipment 10 via the private network 14. In addition, the facility device 10 informs the management server device 2 that access has been made from the user communication device T used by a user who has access authority to the facility device 10 via the private network 14 to which the facility device 10 is connected. Send.

  Next, in step # 12, the management server device 2 has directly accessed the equipment 10 via the private network 14 within a predetermined period after the access authority has been lost in step # 11. Determine whether or not. The fact that the user communication device T used by a user who has access authority to the facility device 10 has accessed through the private network 14 to which the facility device 10 is connected indicates that the resident has moved away from the building 3. This indicates that such an event has not occurred. Therefore, the management server device 2 allows a user who has access authority to the equipment device 10 to the equipment device 10 that has performed authority loss processing within a predetermined period after the authority loss processing is performed. When there is an access from the user communication device T to be used via the private network 14, the access authority of the user to the facility device 10 is recovered (step # 13).

  On the other hand, the management server device 2 has the authority to access the facility device 10 for the facility device 10 that has performed the authority loss processing within a predetermined period after the authority loss processing has been performed. When there is no access from the user communication device T used by the user via the private network 14, the user's access authority to the facility device 10 is made unrecoverable thereafter (step # 14). For example, the management server device 2 erases the information about the user's access authority for the facility device 10 from the authentication information stored in itself, and the access authority for the facility device 10 is lost. Communicate that. As a result, after the user of the facility device 10 moves (moves), the access authority to the facility device 10 by the user can be prevented from being recovered.

<Another embodiment>
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In the above embodiment, the configuration of the device information management system has been described with a specific example, but the configuration can be changed as appropriate.
For example, in the above-described embodiment, the example in which the combination of the fuel cell 12 and the remote control device 11 for setting the fuel cell 12 and operating instructions is used as the equipment 10 of the present invention has been described. A combination of various devices installed remotely and the remote control device 11 can be used as the equipment 10 of the present invention. For example, a combination of an air conditioner (air conditioner) that performs cooling operation, heating operation, and the like and a remote control device 11 that performs setting and operation instructions can be used as the equipment 10 of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating an example of a display screen of the user communication device T. As shown in the figure, the operating status of the air conditioner as the equipment 10 is shown on the display screen of the user communication device T. Specifically, the user communication device T displays that the air conditioner is currently in operation and the past set temperature transition of the air conditioner. In addition, when the user makes a selection input to the “remote control” button 21, it is possible to shift to a mode for instructing remote control to the air conditioner as the equipment 10.
In addition, a combination of a water heater and a remote control device 11 that performs settings and operation instructions thereof can be used as the equipment 10 of the present invention.
Further, the combination of various devices fixedly installed in the building 3 and the remote control device 11 is not used as the facility device 10, but the facility device 10 is composed of only one device fixedly installed in the building 3. May be configured.

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In the above embodiment, the management server device 2 may be configured to transmit information indicating that the access authority has been lost by the authority loss process to the user communication device T of the user. For example, after performing the authority loss process in step # 11 shown in FIG. 2, the management server device 2 transmits information indicating that the access authority has been lost due to the authority loss process to the user communication device T of the user. May be. Thereby, the user can know that the access authority is lost by the authority loss process. FIG. 5 is a diagram illustrating a state in which information indicating that the access authority has been lost by the authority losing process is displayed on the user communication device T of the user. As shown in the figure, it is displayed that the access authority to the home device has been lost, and that the access authority can be recovered when connected to the home LAN (ie, the private network 14). In this way, a user who has the authority to access the equipment device 10 for the equipment device 10 that has performed the authority loss processing within a predetermined period after the authority loss processing has been performed is the equipment device 10. When access is made through the private network 14 and the access is made, the user's access authority to the equipment 10 is restored.

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Although some examples of apparatus operation information were given in the said embodiment, various information regarding the driving | operation of the equipment 10 which is not described in the said embodiment is employable as apparatus operation information.

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In the above embodiment, an example has been described in which the access authority can be recovered even after the authority loss process (process # 11 in FIG. 2) is performed. However, the authority loss process is performed. After that, the access authority may be changed so that it cannot be recovered.

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The configuration disclosed in the above embodiment (including another embodiment, the same applies hereinafter) can be applied in combination with the configuration disclosed in the other embodiment as long as no contradiction arises. The embodiment disclosed in the document is an exemplification, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to this, and can be appropriately modified without departing from the object of the present invention.

  INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY The present invention can be used in a device information management system that can realize the disappearance of access authority to a facility device with a simple configuration when the use of the facility device is stopped due to a user's move or the like.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Communication line 2 Management server apparatus 3 Building 10 Equipment 14 Private network T User communication equipment

Claims (6)

It is equipped with multiple equipment that is fixedly installed in the building.
Storing authentication information in which information communication is possible with each of the facility devices via a communication line, and a user having access authority to the facility device and the facility device are associated; and A device information management system comprising a management server device that receives and stores device operation information indicating the operation status of the facility device from each of the facility devices,
The facility device transmits information to the management server device every set period,
The management server device, when accessed via the communication line from a user communication device used by the user, identifies the facility device to which the user has access authority based on the authentication information. Identifying and mediating transmission of control command information from the user communication device to the facility device for which the user has access authority, and the facility for which the user has access authority Permits the user to view the device operation information of the device using the user communication device, and receives information from the facility device for a certain period longer than the set period. If not, a device information management system that performs authority loss processing for losing access authority to the facility device by the user included in the authentication information. The equipment is
Remember who has access to you,
When there is access from the user communication device via a private network to which the user communication device is connected, the user communication device used by the user if the user has an access right to the user communication device The control instruction information from the user to the user is accepted, and the user is allowed to view the device operation information using the user communication device. Equipment information management system. The equipment is
Remember who has access to you,
3. The management server apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the user communication device used by the user who has access authority to the device transmits to the management server device that there is an access through a private network to which the user communication device is connected. The device information management system described. The management server device
The user communication used by the user who has access authority to the facility device for the facility device that has performed the authority loss process within a predetermined period after performing the authority loss process. The device information management system according to claim 3, wherein when the device is accessed via the private network, the user's access authority to the facility device is recovered. The management server device
The user communication used by the user who has access authority to the facility device for the facility device that has performed the authority loss process within a predetermined period after performing the authority loss process. 5. The device information management system according to claim 3 or 4, wherein when there is no access from the device via the private network, the user's access authority to the facility device is made unrecoverable thereafter.   The device information management according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the management server device transmits information indicating that access authority is lost by the authority loss processing to the user communication device of the user. system.

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