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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 2013
Filed:
Sep. 09, 2010
Tomonori Maegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Mera, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shigeo Matsuzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Ikeda, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nobutaka Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Tomonori Maegawa, Tokyo, JP;
Keisuke Mera, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Shigeo Matsuzawa, Tokyo, JP;
Koichi Ikeda, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Nobutaka Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a scheduling apparatus sends queries to communication modules in buildings and receives facility information measured at monitor-control points from the communication modules. As for each communication module, a network address, a waiting time to receive the facility information after sending a query, and a connection with the monitor-control points, are stored. When a service request indicating at least one monitor-control point is received, queries each including the network address of a communication module connected with a monitor-control point indicated by the service request, are generated. A priority of each query is decided based on the waiting time corresponding to the communication module. Each query is added to a first send queue or a second send queue based on the priority. When queries are sent, a timing to send from the first send queue is same as or earlier than a timing to send from the second send queue.