Remote control method for controlling electrical appliance via home gateway

• US 20030078990A1
• Filed: 01/17/2002
• Published: 04/24/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: TECO Electric & Machinery Company Limited (TECO Electric & Machinery Pte Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: TECO Electric & Machinery Company Limited (TECO Electric & Machinery Pte Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lee, Shing Young
• Application Number:
  US10/046,700
• Publication Number:
  US 20030078990A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 709/218
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/5437 Wired telephone
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/5441 Wireless systems or telephone
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2203/5445 Local network
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 3/546 Combination of signalling, telemetering, protection circuits for remote indication of supply or distribution network condition H02J13/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2818 from a device located outside both the home and the home network access arrangements H04L12/2856; for remote control or remote monitoring of applications H04L67/025; arrangements for transmitting signals characterised by the use of a wireless eletrical link G08C17/00; telephonic communication systems adapted for combination with remote control systems H04M11/007
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2856 Access arrangements, e.g. Internet access asynchronous transfer mode networks H04L12/5601; broadband local area networks H04L12/2801; optical access or distribution networks H04Q11/0067; access to open networks H04L12/5691; digital subscriber line end-user equipment and bit-level processing of data on a PSTN-based network H04M11/00; home network gateways H04L12/2834; wireless access networks H04W

Abstract

A remote control method for controlling electrical appliance via a home gateway proceeds with an input signal by a telephone call to initiate the main board (the host) to connect to the INTERNET. After registering to the specific DNS server to have the pre-registered IP address, the user is able to control the initiation of household electrical appliances.

Claims

1. A remote control method for controlling electrical appliances via home gateway comprising the act of:

preparing a main board to selectively connect to an INTERNET;

dialing a phone call to the main board to initiate the main board;

the main board connecting to the INTERNET;

acquiring a pre-registered IP address from a DNS server; and

using a tool accessible to the IP address for communicating with electrical appliances,

wherein a data confirmation step is added before the step of the main board connecting to the INTERNET so as to confirm the data input to the main board to initiate the main board.

2. The remote control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main board has a controller with two ports.

3. The remote control method as claimed in claim 2, wherein one of the ports is a hub.

4. The remote control method as claimed in claim 3, wherein the other one of the ports is a WAN port.

5. The remote control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main board further has a fax server so as to transmit and receive information.

6. The remote control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main board further has a modem connecting port.

7. The remote control method as claimed in claim 6, wherein the main board further has a modem connecting port.

8. The remote control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the tool includes PC, PDA, GSM mobile phone, WAP mobile phone, GPRS phone or a Webpad.

9. The remote control method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the main board further has a power line modem.