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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
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 includes: an update unit configured to update a remaining gas amount on a basis of a gas usage obtained based on comparison between a plurality of sets of meter indication data when receiving a set of meter indication data, included in the plurality of sets of meter indication data, of a gas meter configured to detect the gas usage in a gas cylinder; a prediction unit configured to predict a prospective remaining gas amount on a basis of a change in a past gas usage obtained based on comparison between the past gas usages consumed in the gas cylinder; and a determination unit configured to determine a date on which the predicted remaining gas amount reaches a predetermined value as a delivery date of the gas cylinder.