HOT WATER SUPPLY SYSTEM, SERVER, AND HOT WATER SUPPLY DEVICE

• Main Authors: FUKUDA TOMOYA, HIROTA DAISUKE, RYOTOKU KOICHI, OKADA HIDETSUGU, TSUKAHARA MASAAKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 01.02.2023
• Subjects: BLASTING; FLUID HEATERS, e.g. WATER OR AIR HEATERS, HAVING HEATGENERATING MEANS, IN GENERAL; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; RANGES; VENTILATING; WEAPONS

To provide a hot water supply system, a server, and a hot water supply device that cause an overdue use charge to be paid by a user easily.SOLUTION: A hot water supply system 1 includes a hot water supply device 10 that can be used when a use charge is paid and a server 50 that can communicate with the hot water supply device 10 through an external communication network 40. The hot water supply device 10 transmits use state information on a use state of the hot water supply device 10 to the server 50, and a use charge is determined on the basis of the use state information. The server 50 includes a notification information transmission part 501a for transmitting notification information for causing a notification part of the hot water supply device 10 (a display part 121 and a display input part 131) to execute notification for urging payment of the use charge to the hot water supply device 10 in which the use charge is overdue.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 3 【課題】滞納された使用料金が使用者から支払われやすくなり得る給湯システム、サーバおよび給湯装置を提供する。【解決手段】給湯システム１は、使用料金の支払いにより使用可能な給湯装置１０と、外部通信網４０を介して給湯装置１０と通信可能なサーバ５０と、を備え、給湯装置１０が当該給湯装置１０の使用状況に関する使用状況情報をサーバ５０に送信し、使用状況情報に基づいて使用料金が決定される構成を有する。サーバ５０は、使用料金が滞納されている給湯装置１０に対して、当該給湯装置１０の報知部（表示部１２１、表示入力部１３１）に使用料金の支払いを促す報知を行わせるための報知情報を送信する報知情報送信部５０１ａを備える。【選択図】図３