Home network system and method for exchanging standards in the same

• US 20040117068A1
• Filed: 10/21/2003
• Published: 06/17/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 02/28/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Koon Seok
• Granted Patent: US 7,082,341 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/275
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2807 Exchanging configuration information on appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving network analysis for automatically determining the actual topology of a network H04L41/12; hardware or software tools for network management using graphical user interfaces H04L41/22; address allocation H04L61/50
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/282 based on user interaction within the home receiver circuitry for displaying additional information being controlled by a remote control apparatus H04N21/42204

Abstract

A home network system and a method for exchanging standards of the same are disclosed. The home network system includes a first electric home appliance group operated as a first operation system; a second electric home appliance group operated as a second operation system; and an exchanging part for exchanging standards between the first electric home appliance group and the second electric home appliance group so as to control appliances of the second electric home appliance group in the first electric home appliance group or to monitor an operational state of the second electric home appliance group in the first electric

Claims

1. A home network system, comprising:

a first electric home appliance group operated as a first operation system;

a second electric home appliance group operated as a second operation system; and

an exchanging unit for exchanging standards between the first electric home appliance group and the second electric home appliance group so as to control appliances of the second electric home appliance group in the first electric home group or to monitor an operational state of the second electric home appliance group in the first electric home appliance group.

2. The home network system according to claim 1, wherein the first operation system is Windows XP supported by UPnP (Universal Plug and Play), and the second operation system is an operation system using an 8-bit micom that does not support UPnP.

3. The home network system according to claim 1, wherein the exchanging unit comprising:

a first lower layer of the first electric home appliance group;

a second lower layer of the second electric home appliance group; and

an application layer interpreter for interpreting between each of the lower layers and an application layer.

4. A method for exchanging standards of a home network system having a first and second electric home appliance groups based on different operation systems, the method comprising the steps of:

inputting a first control code A that is designated from the first electric home appliance group in the second electric home appliance group;

deciding if the second electric home appliance group has only a single control code corresponding to the first control code A inputted;

if the second electric home appliance group has only a single control code corresponding to the first control code A inputted, converting the first control code A to a control code for a corresponding appliance among the second electric home appliances and then controlling the appliance; and

if the controlling of the appliance is completed, transmitting an end of control message to the first electric home appliance group.

5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising the steps of:

if more than one control code corresponding to the first control code A inputted exists, redeciding if the second electric home appliance group has a plurality of control codes corresponding to the first control code A inputted;

if the second electric home appliance group has a plurality of control codes corresponding to the first control code A inputted, monitoring a state of a corresponding appliance;

creating a control code of the second electric home appliance group by utilizing the first control code A factor inputted and the monitored data;

controlling a plurality of appliances belonging to the second electric home appliance group by using the control code created; and

if the controlling of the appliances is completed, transmitting an end of control message to the first electric home appliance group.

6. The method according to claim 5, further comprising the step of transmitting an error message to the first electric home appliance group, if the second electric home appliance group does not have a plurality of control codes corresponding to the first control code A inputted.

7. A method for exchanging standards of the home network system having a first and second electric home appliance groups based on different operation systems, the method comprising the steps of:

inputting a second control code B that is pre-designated from the second electric home appliance group in the first electric home appliance group;

deciding if the first electric home appliance group has only a single control code corresponding to the second control code B inputted;

if the first electric home appliance group has only a single control code corresponding to the second control code B inputted, converting the second control code B to a control code for a corresponding appliance among the first electric home appliances and then controlling the appliance; and

if controlling the appliance is completed, transmitting an end of control message to the second electric home appliance group.

8. The method according to claim 7, further comprising the steps of:

if more than one control code corresponding to the second control code B inputted exists, redeciding if the first electric home appliance group has a plurality of control codes corresponding to the second control code B inputted;

if the first electric home appliance group has a plurality of control codes corresponding to the second control code B inputted, monitoring a state of a corresponding appliance;

creating a control code of the first electric home appliance group by utilizing the second control code B factor inputted and the monitored data;

controlling the plurality of appliances belonging to the first electric home appliance group by using the control code created; and

if the controlling of the appliances is completed, transmitting an end of control message to the second electric home appliance group.

9. The method according to claim 8, further comprising the step of transmitting an error message to the second electric home appliance group, if the first electric home appliance group does not have a plurality of control codes corresponding to the second control code B inputted.