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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 2015
Filed:
Jun. 07, 2013
Nippon Gas Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Shinji Wada, Tokyo, JP;
Shingo Dekamo, Tokyo, JP;
Nippon Gas Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A delivery server comprises: a reception unit configured to receive sets of meter indication data of a plurality of gas meters; a storage device configured to store the respective sets of meter indication data; a gas usage calculating unit configured to calculate a gas usage on a basis of comparison between corresponding sets of meter indication data; a first rate-of-change calculating unit configured to calculate a rate of change in a past gas usage consumed in each of a plurality of supply facilities on a basis of comparison between a plurality of gas usages in a time of earlier than a meter indication date of the received sets of meter indication data by a predetermined period of time; and a prediction unit configured to modify the gas usage in accordance with the rate of change and predict the modified gas usage as a prospective gas usage to be consumed.