Appliance management method, program, power distribution equipment, and appliance management system

An appliance management system comprising:

• power distribution equipment provided on a power supply channel;
• and
• a high-order system, wherein:
• the high-order system is configured to perform authentication on the power distribution equipment when accessed by the power distribution equipment via a public network after the power distribution equipment has been energized,
• the authentication includes:
• comparing identification information transmitted from the power distribution equipment to the high-order system with identification information stored in a storage unit of the high-order system;
• and
• if the identification information transmitted from the power distribution equipment to the high-order system agrees with the identification information stored in the storage unit, storing an address, assigned to the power distribution equipment, in the storage unit in association with the identification information of the power distribution equipment to which the address is assigned,
• the power distribution equipment that has been authenticated by the high-order system is configured to control and/or monitor an appliance to be electrically connected to the power distribution equipment, and
• the high order system is configured to collect, from one or more pieces of the power distribution equipment, measuring information about the appliance that has been obtained by the power distribution equipment monitoring the appliance.

An appliance management method for making power distribution equipment, provided on a power supply channel, control and/or monitor an appliance to be electrically connected to the power distribution equipment, the appliance management method comprising:

• an authentication step including allowing a high-order system to perform authentication on the power distribution equipment by making the power distribution equipment access the high-order system via a public network after the power distribution equipment has been energized;
• and
• a management step including making the power distribution equipment that has been authenticated in the authentication step control and/or monitor the appliance,
• wherein the management step includes transmitting data from the power distribution equipment toward a destination to which electric power is supplied from the power distribution equipment.

An appliance management method for making power distribution equipment, provided on a power supply channel, control and/or monitor an appliance to be electrically connected to the power distribution equipment, the appliance management method comprising:

• an authentication step including allowing a high-order system to perform authentication on the power distribution equipment by making the power distribution equipment access the high-order system via a public network after the power distribution equipment has been energized;
• and
• a management step including making the power distribution equipment that has been authenticated in the authentication step control and/or monitor the appliance, wherein:
• the power distribution equipment to be subjected to the authentication in the authentication step includes an outlet and a plug, and
• the management step includes making each of the outlet and the plug that have been authenticated control and/or monitor the appliance.