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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 18, 2019
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroshi Inoue, Musashino, JP;
Hidetoshi Takada, Musashino, JP;
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A selection unit configured to select, when receiving a first request in which a first power amount requested to be supplied and a timing when the first power amount is needed are specified, a group with a supply characteristic that enables power supply at the timing, among a plurality of groups into which a plurality of power supply sources are classified in accordance with power supply characteristics, and a request unit configured to transmit, to each of one or more of the power supply sources classified into the group selected by the selection unit or a device that controls power supply of the power supply source, a second request in which a second power amount to be supplied by the power supply source and the timing are specified.