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Application US20190066237


Published 2019-02-28

Transaction Management System, Transaction Management Method And Program

A power feeding management apparatus includes: a power feeding side identification information acquiring unit that acquires power feeding side identification information for identifying the power feeding side from a device or a user's communication terminal in the power feeding side; a power receiving side identification information acquiring unit that acquires power receiving side identification information for identifying the power receiving side from a device or a user's communication terminal in the power receiving side; a power feeding information acquiring unit that acquires power feeding information about a power amount fed from the device in the power feeding side or a power amount fed to the device in the power receiving side; and a transmission unit that associates with one another: the power feeding side identification information; the power receiving side identification information; and the power feeding information, and transmits them to a transaction management apparatus.



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  • 1. A transaction management system comprising a transaction management apparatus that manages a power transaction between a power feeding side and a power receiving side, wherein the transaction management apparatus includes: a transaction information acquiring unit that acquires transaction information in which: (a) power feeding side identification information for identifying the power feeding side; (b) power receiving side identification information for identifying the power receiving side; and (c) power feeding information about a power amount fed from a device in the power feeding side or a power amount fed to a device in the power receiving side are associated with one another, from at least one of: (i) a power feeding management apparatus that manages a power feeding from the power feeding side to the power receiving side; (ii) the device in the power feeding side, (iii) a user's communication terminal in the power feeding side, (iv) the device in the power receiving side, and (v) a user's communication terminal in the power receiving side, via a communication network; a transaction information storage unit that stores the transaction information acquired by the transaction information acquiring unit; an authentication information acquiring unit that acquires information in which (a) at least one of: measuring unit identification information and power feeding management apparatus identification information is associated with (b) authentication information, from at least one of: (i) the power feeding management apparatus; (ii) the device in the power feeding side, (iii) the user's communication terminal in the power feeding side, (iv) the device in the power receiving side, and (v) the user's communication terminal in the power receiving side, via the communication network, the measuring unit identification information for identifying a measuring unit that measures a physical amount related to a power amount fed from the device in the power feeding side or a power amount fed to the device in the power receiving side, the power feeding management apparatus identification information for identifying the power feeding management apparatus, and the authentication information including at least one of characteristic information indicating a characteristic of the measuring unit and a passphrase used for authentication of the measuring unit or the power feeding management apparatus; an authentication information storage unit that stores in association and in advance (a) at least one of the measuring unit identification information and the power feeding management apparatus identification information and (b) the authentication information; and a power feeding management apparatus authentication unit that verifies the authentication information acquired by the authentication information acquiring unit with the authentication information stored in the authentication information storage unit in advance, and that authenticates the measuring unit or the power feeding management apparatus if the acquired authentication information matches the stored authentication information.

  • 10. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing thereon a program for causing a computer to function as a power feeding management apparatus by performing operations comprising: a transaction information acquiring step of acquiring, by the computer, transaction information in which: (a) power feeding side identification information for identifying the power feeding side; (b) power receiving side identification information for identifying the power receiving side; and (c) power feeding information about a power amount fed from a device in the power feeding side or a power amount fed to a device in the power receiving side are associated with one another, from at least one of: (i) the power feeding management apparatus that manages a power feeding from the power feeding side to the power receiving side; (ii) the device in the power feeding side, (iii) a user's communication terminal in the power feeding side, (iv) the device in the power receiving side, and (v) a user's communication terminal in the power receiving side, via a communication network; a transaction information storage step of storing, by the computer, the transaction information acquired in the transaction information acquiring step an authentication information acquiring step of acquiring, by the computer, information in which (a) at least one of: measuring unit identification information and power feeding management apparatus identification information is associated with (b) authentication information, from at least one of: (i) the power feeding management apparatus; (ii) the device in the power feeding side, (iii) the user's communication terminal in the power feeding side, (iv) the device in the power receiving side, and (v) the user's communication terminal in the power receiving side, via the communication network, the measuring unit identification information for identifying a measuring unit that measures a physical amount related to a power amount fed from the device in the power feeding side or a power amount fed to the device in the power receiving side, the power feeding management apparatus identification information for identifying the power feeding management apparatus, and the authentication information including at least one of characteristic information indicating a characteristic of the measuring unit and a passphrase used for authentication of the measuring unit or the power feeding management apparatus; an authentication information storage step of storing, by the computer, in association and in advance (a) at least one of the measuring unit identification information and the power feeding management apparatus identification information and (b) the authentication information; and a power feeding management apparatus authentication step of verifying, by the computer, the authentication information acquired in the authentication information acquiring step with the authentication information stored in the authentication information storage step in advance, and that authenticates the measuring unit or the power feeding management apparatus if the acquired authentication information matches the stored authentication information.

  • 11. A transaction management method for managing a power transaction between a power feeding side and a power receiving side by using a computer, the transaction management method comprising: a transaction information acquiring step of acquiring, by the computer, transaction information in which: (a) power feeding side identification information for identifying the power feeding side; (b) power receiving side identification information for identifying the power receiving side; and (c) power feeding information about a power amount fed from a device in the power feeding side or a power amount fed to a device in the power receiving side are associated with one another, from at least one of: (i) a power feeding management apparatus that manages a power feeding from the power feeding side to the power receiving side; (ii) the device in the power feeding side, (iii) a user's communication terminal in the power feeding side, (iv) the device in the power receiving side, and (v) a user's communication terminal in the power receiving side, via a communication network; a transaction information storage step of storing, by the computer, the transaction information acquired in the transaction information acquiring step an authentication information acquiring step of acquiring, by the computer, information in which (a) at least one of: measuring unit identification information and power feeding management apparatus identification information is associated with (b) authentication information, from at least one of: (i) the power feeding management apparatus; (ii) the device in the power feeding side, (iii) the user's communication terminal in the power feeding side, (iv) the device in the power receiving side, and (v) the user's communication terminal in the power receiving side, via the communication network, the measuring unit identification information for identifying a measuring unit that measures a physical amount related to a power amount fed from the device in the power feeding side or a power amount fed to the device in the power receiving side, the power feeding management apparatus identification information for identifying the power feeding management apparatus, and the authentication information including at least one of characteristic information indicating a characteristic of the measuring unit and a passphrase used for authentication of the measuring unit or the power feeding management apparatus; an authentication information storage step of storing, by the computer, in association and in advance (a) at least one of the measuring unit identification information and the power feeding management apparatus identification information and (b) the authentication information; and a power feeding management apparatus authentication step of verifying, by the computer, the authentication information acquired in the authentication information acquiring step with the authentication information stored in the authentication information storage step in advance, and that authenticates the measuring unit or the power feeding management apparatus if the acquired authentication information matches the stored authentication information.