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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 07, 2014
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Toshihisa Nakano, Osaka, JP;
Masayuki Kozuka, Osaka, JP;
Motoji Ohmori, Osaka, JP;
Takako Hirose, Kyoto, JP;
Tsuyoshi Sakata, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshiyuki Miyabe, Osaka, JP;
Kazuo Okamura, Osaka, JP;
Masayoshi Tojima, Osaka, JP;
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
Provided is a server device () including: a transmitting/receiving section () for receiving, from a household electric appliance (), an identifier for identifying the household electric appliance () and an operation status of the household electric appliance (); an updating section () for estimating a consumption status of a consumer good using the received operation status so as to update the consumption status of the consumer good stored in a utilization information accumulating section () based on the estimated consumption status of the consumer good; and a determination section () for deciding whether or not to transmit a confirmation message for confirming the consumer good being used with the household electric appliance, based on the updated consumption status of the consumer good.