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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2026
Filed:
Oct. 18, 2023
Panasonic Intellectual Property Corporation of America, Torrance, CA (US);
Kakuya Yamamoto, Hyogo, JP;
Yuji Unagami, Osaka, JP;
Naohisa Nishida, Osaka, JP;
Yuuki Hirose, Osaka, JP;
Junji Michiyama, Fukuoka, JP;
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA, Torrance, CA (US);
Abstract
A control method in which each of an Internet of things (IoT) device and a user who uses the IoT device has a digital account includes: obtaining first transaction data for allowing the user who used the IoT device to transfer a first amount corresponding to a usage amount of the IoT device; specifying, from the first transaction data obtained, the digital account of the IoT device that is associated with an identifier uniquely assigned to hardware of the IoT device; and transferring the usage amount of the IoT device to the digital account of the IoT device by deducting the first amount from the digital account of the user and adding the first amount to the digital account of the IoT device based on the first transaction data obtained.