Remote operating system
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1. A remote operating system comprising:
- a portable telephone having the function of connecting to an internet through a portable telephone network and the function of browsing home pages;
a service equipment connected to a communication line for providing home pages; and
a remote operation adaptor connected to the communication line and having the function of controlling home electric appliances;
wherein said service equipment provides said portable telephone with home pages on a screen for giving an instruction to operate a home electric appliance, and transmits to said remote operation adaptor the contents of the operation of the home electric appliance for which an operating instruction is given by said portable telephone on a home page; and
wherein said remote operation adaptor receives the contents of the operation of the home electric appliance transmitted from said service equipment through said communication line and thus controls the home electric appliance connected to said remote operation adaptor.
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Abstract
A remote operating system capable of operating a given home electric appliance by simple operation from a portable telephone is disclosed. A service equipment connected to an internet and a public network provides a home page using the function of a portable telephone to browse the internet home pages. An instruction to operate the home electric appliance is given by way of the home page using the portable telephone. Thus, an operating instruction is given through the public network to a remote operation adaptor installed in a home to control the home electric appliance.
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11 Claims
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1. A remote operating system comprising:
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a portable telephone having the function of connecting to an internet through a portable telephone network and the function of browsing home pages;
a service equipment connected to a communication line for providing home pages; and
a remote operation adaptor connected to the communication line and having the function of controlling home electric appliances;
wherein said service equipment provides said portable telephone with home pages on a screen for giving an instruction to operate a home electric appliance, and transmits to said remote operation adaptor the contents of the operation of the home electric appliance for which an operating instruction is given by said portable telephone on a home page; and
wherein said remote operation adaptor receives the contents of the operation of the home electric appliance transmitted from said service equipment through said communication line and thus controls the home electric appliance connected to said remote operation adaptor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 10)
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5. A remote operating method for a service equipment adapted to be connected, through a communication line, to a portable telephone having the function of connecting to an internet and the function of browsing home pages and a remote operation adaptor having the function of controlling home electric appliances, said service equipment remotely controlling said home electric appliance by controlling said remote operation adaptor in response to an instruction received from said portable telephone, said method comprising the steps of:
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providing each user with a screen, as a home page exclusive to the user, for instructing to operate a home electric appliance, in response to a request to access the remote operating service from said portable telephone, and transmitting the contents of the operation of the home electric appliance for which an operating instruction is given on a home page, to said remote operation adaptor through a communication line.
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6. A remote operation adaptor for controlling a home electric appliance based on the contents designated from an external source through a communication line, comprising:
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means for authenticating a party requesting to access through the communication line to substantiate whether said party is a service provider who has registered said user; and
means for notifying the service provider of the current state of a home electric appliance instructed for remote operation in the case where the party requesting an access is a service provider who has registered said user. - View Dependent Claims (8)
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7. A service equipment connected to a communication line and having the function of providing a home page for displaying the selective operation of a home electric appliance to be remotely operated, to a portable telephone which has accessed thereto through an internet and the function of transmitting an operating instruction through a communication line to a remote operation adaptor for controlling a home electric appliance, said apparatus comprising:
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a customer home page provided for each customer;
an appliance home page linked with the customer home page;
means for transmitting a customer home page to the portable telephone of the corresponding customer who has accessed through an internet; and
transmitting said appliance home page corresponding to the home electric appliance selected by the customer on said customer home page. - View Dependent Claims (11)
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9. A remote operating system comprising:
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a portable telephone having the function of connecting to an internet through a portable telephone network and the function of browsing home pages;
a service equipment connected to a communication line for providing home pages; and
a remote operation adaptor connected to the communication line and having the function of controlling home electric appliances;
wherein said service equipment provides each user with an exclusive home page as a screen for giving an instruction to operate a home electric appliance in response to a request for accessing the remote operating service from said portable telephone, and transmits an instruction to said remote operation adaptor in accordance with the contents of the operation of the user on said home page using a customer program linked with said home page; and
wherein selected one of said service equipment and a host system of said service provider acquires, for a consideration, from an electric home appliance maker through an internet the control specification data of the home electric appliance constituting basic data for preparing selected one of said home page and said customer program.
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