HOME APPLIANCE NETWORKING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A home appliance networking system comprising:
- at least one passive home appliance that identifies a number assigned to a control command received over an internal network of a home networking system, said passive home appliance being controlled according to the received control command on the basis of the identified number and then sending notification information to said internal network to notify said internal network that said passive home appliance has been controlled according to said control command; and
at least one active home appliance that increases a number to be assigned to a control command to be transmitted to said passive home appliance in response to said notification information sent from said passive home appliance, assigns the increased number to said control command to be transmitted to said passive home appliance and transmits the resulting control command to said passive home appliance.
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Abstract
A home appliance networking system and a method for controlling the same. The home appliance networking system includes a plurality of passive home appliances controlled according to control commands sent over an internal network constructed for a home networking system, and a plurality of active home appliances for transmitting the control commands for the passive home appliances to the internal network. The plurality of active home appliances transmit different control commands each assigned a unique number to a specific one of the plurality of passive home appliances. The specific passive home appliance is controlled according to only a latest one of the input control commands.
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1. A home appliance networking system comprising:
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at least one passive home appliance that identifies a number assigned to a control command received over an internal network of a home networking system, said passive home appliance being controlled according to the received control command on the basis of the identified number and then sending notification information to said internal network to notify said internal network that said passive home appliance has been controlled according to said control command; and
at least one active home appliance that increases a number to be assigned to a control command to be transmitted to said passive home appliance in response to said notification information sent from said passive home appliance, assigns the increased number to said control command to be transmitted to said passive home appliance and transmits the resulting control command to said passive home appliance. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for controlling a home appliance networking system, comprising:
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assigning, by an active home appliance, a number to a home appliance control command to be sent to an internal network of a home networking system;
sending, by allowing said active home appliance, said control command assigned said number to said internal network;
controlling a passive home appliance according to the sent control command to identify said number assigned to the sent control command;
determining, by said passive home appliance, based upon said identified number, whether said passive home appliance will be controlled according to said sent control command;
controlling said passive home appliance according to said sent control command if it is determined that said passive home appliance will be controlled according to said sent control command; and
sending, by said passive home appliance, notification information to said internal network to notify said internal network that said passive home appliance has been controlled according to said sent control command. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16)
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