Residential gateway system for automated control of residential devices
First Claim
1. A residential gateway that connects an Internet connection to an in-home network which comprises at least one residential device connected to the residential gateway, the residential gateway comprising:
- a software module to receive control parameters from a control server via the Internet connection and cause the residential gateway to communicate with the residential device to provide control of the residential device based on the received control parameters; and
wherein the control server determines the control parameters from relevant control information accessed from one or more information servers on the Internet and operational information of the residential device.
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Abstract
A residential gateway connects an Internet connection to an in-home network that has at least one residential device connected to the residential gateway. The residential gateway has software that receives control parameters from a control server via the Internet connection. The control server determines the control parameters from operational information of the residential device and relevant control information accessed from an information server on the Internet. The software causes the residential gateway to communicate with the residential device to provide control of the residential device based on the received control parameters. In a particular implementation, the residential device is a home irrigation system connected to the residential gateway via a wireless interface and the information server is a weather station server storing climatic information from a plurality of weather stations.
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28 Claims
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1. A residential gateway that connects an Internet connection to an in-home network which comprises at least one residential device connected to the residential gateway, the residential gateway comprising:
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a software module to receive control parameters from a control server via the Internet connection and cause the residential gateway to communicate with the residential device to provide control of the residential device based on the received control parameters; and
wherein the control server determines the control parameters from relevant control information accessed from one or more information servers on the Internet and operational information of the residential device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A system for providing automated control of at least one residential device connected to an in-home network, the system comprising:
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a residential gateway connecting the in-home network to an Internet connection;
a control server that determines control parameters for controlling the residential device, the control server determining the control parameters from relevant control information accessed from one or more information servers on the Internet and operational information of the residential device; and
wherein the residential gateway comprises a software module that receives the control parameters from the control server via the Internet connection and causes the residential gateway to communicate with the residential device to provide control of the residential device based on the received control parameters. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. A method of providing automated control of at least one residential device connected to a residential gateway, the method comprising:
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retrieving relevant control information from one or more information servers on the Internet;
tracking operational information of the residential device;
determining control parameters of the residential device based on the tracked operational information and the retrieved control information;
communicating the control parameters to the residential gateway via an Internet connection;
wherein the residential gateway communicates with the residential device to provide control of the residential device based on the control parameters. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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