Abstract: An electric power demand adjustment program management apparatus, comprises a server which includes: a communication unit that communicates with a plurality of customer terminals that manage customer devices through a communication network; a program unit that creates an electric power demand adjustment program showing a demand adjustment amount allocated to at least one first customer terminal selected from the plurality of customer terminals in each predetermined time segment, based on predetermined constraint conditions and predetermined information received from the plurality of customer terminals; a program executing unit that transmits the electric power demand adjustment program, and instructs the first customer terminal to execute the electric power demand adjustment program; and a providing unit that provides, when the program unit fails to create the electric power demand adjustment program, investigation result information including an investigation result for a cause of the failure.

Abstract: An electric power demand adjustment program management apparatus, comprises a server which includes: a communication unit that communicates with a plurality of customer terminals that manage customer devices through a communication network; a program unit that creates an electric power demand adjustment program showing a demand adjustment amount allocated to at least one first customer terminal selected from the plurality of customer terminals in each predetermined time segment, based on predetermined constraint conditions and predetermined information received from the plurality of customer terminals; a program executing unit that transmits the electric power demand adjustment program, and instructs the first customer terminal to execute the electric power demand adjustment program; and a providing unit that provides, when the program unit fails to create the electric power demand adjustment program, investigation result information including an investigation result for a cause of the failure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a firmware update process capable of realizing both recovery from an interruption of update and saving of a capacity of nonvolatile memory used for backup and storing difference data. Thus, intermediate data is included for always holding a status of firmware in rewriting in addition to the new and old firmware. In a case of updating all blocks configuring the firmware in an arbitrary order, the process successively compares blocks of the intermediate data and new firmware with each other; calculates an address of data for recovery from an interruption of update and a backup capacity required therefor; extracts difference data to be distributed, calculates a capacity thereof and creates an update procedure; and derives a processing order whose total of the backup capacity and the difference data capacity is the minimum (see FIG. 2).

Abstract: A charger management device for a vehicle equipped with a secondary battery includes a charging data acquisition unit that acquires at least one of items of a charger user identification number, a charging spot ID identifying a charger installed location, a charging start time, a battery remaining amount at start of charging, and a battery remaining amount at end of charging; a charging data rearranging/separating unit that rearranges and separates the charging data by the at least one of the items; a charging spot ID utilization order calculation unit that calculates in what order charging spots are being utilized on an item by item basis; a charging spot successive utilization tendency computation unit that computes, on the basis of the result of calculation by the charging spot ID utilization order calculation unit, in what order the charging spots are being used successively.

Abstract: The firmware update apparatus is configured so that data required for update is accessible from both of normal firmware and emergency firmware and is provided with a section which sets the next-time boot destination to the emergency firmware during update, a section which saves a file before update into an area originally occupied by an update file, a section which inspects that a file required for booting the normal firmware is not broken or confirms that activation is actually possible from a virtualized environment, during activation of the emergency firmware, a section which restores the state before update by the saved files before update and a new update procedure automatically generated by reversing the contents of operations of the update procedure, and a section which, for each update file, describes a necessary reactivation target in the update procedure.

Abstract: The present invention provides a firmware update technique in which a work area is small, a work time is short, update can be resumed even if power-down occurs, and even a file system which does not support writing is supported. To provide the firmware updating technique, an update creating and distributing server divides old and new version firmware images, extracts a difference between the new and old divided firmware images, creates an updated package, and delivers the updated package to an embedded device. On the other hand, the embedded device applies the updated package to the old version divided firmware image (an existing firmware message currently in use).

Abstract: Each of a dynamic image delivering server A 132 and a dynamic image delivering server B 133 delivers a plurality of contents list data and a dynamic image designated by each contents list data. A transcoding server 131 acquires prescribed contents list data from the dynamic image delivering server A 132 and/or the dynamic image delivering server B 133, and stores them in a storage device. Then, the transcoding server 131 acquires the dynamic image designated by the acquired contents list data from the dynamic image delivering server A 132 and/or the dynamic image delivering server B 133, converts the acquired dynamic image to a format of the dynamic image regenerable on a player 111, and stores the converted dynamic image in the storage device. Upon request from the player 111, the transcoding server 131 retrieves a contents list data and/or a dynamic image from the storage device, and transmits them to the player 111.

Abstract: A renderer (DMR) in a second local area network via an Internet is enabled to reproduce content in a first local area network. A content transmission system generates a virtual DMR corresponding to a DMR (content reproduction device) in a content reception system. A DMC (controller) and a DMS (content server) recognize the virtual DMR as if to be an actual DMR and communicate therewith. This enables content to be reproduced in an actual DMR in a different home network residing beyond the Internet without any modification on the DLNA standard. A transmission gateway device (transmission mechanism) relays communication destined for the virtual DMR (instructions and content) to a reception gateway device (reception mechanism). Also in the content reception system, the actual DMR is capable of processing communication from a different home network by communication only with the reception mechanism. This negates the need for modification on the DLNA standard.

Abstract: The present invention provides a firmware update process capable of realizing both recovery from an interruption of update and saving of a capacity of nonvolatile memory used for backup and storing difference data. Thus, intermediate data is included for always holding a status of firmware in rewriting in addition to the new and old firmware. In a case of updating all blocks configuring the firmware in an arbitrary order, the process successively compares blocks of the intermediate data and new firmware with each other; calculates an address of data for recovery from an interruption of update and a backup capacity required therefor; extracts difference data to be distributed, calculates a capacity thereof and creates an update procedure; and derives a processing order whose total of the backup capacity and the difference data capacity is the minimum (see FIG. 2).

Abstract: A technique for updating a piece of firmware in an information processing device includes a remote management section for communicating with a server device storing a piece of software to be distributed and a controlled device within a home network and managing an application, a service management program for managing a service of the controlled device, a firmware management program for managing a piece of firmware of the controlled device, a gateway firmware management program for managing a piece of firmware of the gateway device, a gateway firmware updating program which rewrites the piece of firmware of the gateway device, and a dependence relationship management program which analyzes a dependence relationship aggregation table obtained by aggregating the contents of a dependence relation table describing a piece of software on which the piece of software to be distributed depends.

Abstract: The present invention provides a firmware update technique in which a work area is small, a work time is short, update can be resumed even if power-down occurs, and even a file system which does not support writing is supported. To provide the firmware updating technique, an update creating and distributing server divides old and new version firmware images, extracts a difference between the new and old divided firmware images, creates an updated package, and delivers the updated package to an embedded device. On the other hand, the embedded device applies the updated package to the old version divided firmware image (an existing firmware message currently in use).

Abstract: There is provided a high-speed firmware update method which reduces the burden on a firmware developer. A server is installed which is provided with a function of receiving an image of new-version firmware (a new firmware image), comparing it with an image of old-version firmware (an old firmware image), taking out only updated files, and creating a procedure for updating the old firmware image to the new firmware image and an update image configured by update data.

Abstract: The firmware update apparatus is configured so that data required for update is accessible from both of normal firmware and emergency firmware and is provided with a section which sets the next-time boot destination to the emergency firmware during update, a section which saves a file before update into an area originally occupied by an update file, a section which inspects that a file required for booting the normal firmware is not broken or confirms that activation is actually possible from a virtualized environment, during activation of the emergency firmware, a section which restores the state before update by the saved files before update and a new update procedure automatically generated by reversing the contents of operations of the update procedure, and a section which, for each update file, describes a necessary reactivation target in the update procedure.

Abstract: In a system to realize prevention of leakage and loss of confidential information by inhibiting writing into a secondary storage device or writing into external storage media, created confidential data is archived by a secure method without being lost if communication is not available and a file server cannot save the information. For this purpose, first, a designated folder is created on a non-volatile storing memory being built in a mobile terminal and created confidential data is saved in the folder. Then, a filter driver controls access to the designated folder to prevent leakage of information by an application in a mobile phone by a malicious user. Further, a function to remove data in the designated folder in the mobile terminal from a mobile terminal management server through a telephone network prevents loss of saved confidential data due to loss of the mobile terminal.

Abstract: A secure file holding system that can, for confidential data from a PC to a mobile phone, prevent flow-out of data due to wrong operation of the mobile phone by an authorized user and malicious take-out of data by authorized and unauthorized users. The file holding system has a function of reserving part of an execution memory as volatile memory or part of a non-volatile memory as a non-volatile file and coupling the part to the non-volatile memory accessible as a folder in which a user saves data at OS startup, a function of redirecting access to the folder to the volatile memory or the file during OS startup, a function of capturing an input/output request to the non-volatile memory and constraining access to the folder by a processes other than a file management process, and a function of deleting the volatile memory or the file at OS termination.