Method for controlling home automation system

• US 20050131553A1
• Filed: 04/10/2002
• Published: 06/16/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 04/10/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Baek, Seung Myun, Yoon, Hong Shik, Choi, Hwan Jong, Lee, Koon Seok
• Granted Patent: US 7,577,719 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 700/19
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2803 Home automation networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 12/2814 Exchanging control software or macros for controlling appliance services in a home automation network arrangements for maintenance or administration involving configuration of the network and network elements H04L41/08
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 41/18 Delegation of network management function, e.g. customer network management [CNM]

Abstract

A method for controlling a home automation system is disclosed, in which web sites, a PC trying to connect to the web sites, and electric home appliances connected to the PC are provided. The home automation system includes a step for trying to communicate with electric home appliances and web sites once a user operates an internet operating program; a step for opening a main web page, analyzing commands for a button clicked by a user with reference to the main web page, and performing a controlling operation according to the analyzed result if the PC is connected to the web sites; and a step for opening a local page stored in PC and opening a corresponding link page according to a button clicked by a user if the PC is connected only to electric home appliances without being connected to the web sites.

Claims

1. A method for controlling a home automation system having web sites, a PC trying to connect to the web sites, and electric home appliances connected to the PC, the method comprising the steps of:

trying to communicate with electric home appliances and web sites once a user operates an internet operating program;

opening a main web page, analyzing commands for a button clicked by a user with reference to the main web page, and performing a controlling operation according to the analyzed result if the PC is connected to the web sites; and

opening a local page stored in PC and opening a corresponding link page according to a button clicked by a user if the PC is connected only to electric home appliances without being connected to the web sites.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the step for performing a controlling operation according to the analyzed result comprises the sub-steps of:

if a user clicks a button on the main web page, determining whether a first separator exists after a link name;

if the first separator exists after the link name, determining whether a factor name is a pre-designated factor after the first separator;

if the factor name is a pre-designated factor, extracting a factor value and performing a controlling operation according to the factor value; and

if the separator does not exist and the factor name is not a pre-designated factor, opening a link page.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the first separator is ‘

?’

, and the factor name is ‘

iopc’

.

4. The method according to claim 2, wherein the step for performing a controlling operation according to the factor value comprises the sub-steps of:

if the factor value is for use of changing the link name, opening a URL next to a second separator;

if the factor value is for use of reading setting data, extracting setting data that is separated by the second separator, and outputting the setting data to a communication port; and

if the factor value is for use of downloading a file, downloading the linked file name to the PC, and outputting file data to the communication port.

5. The method according to claim 4, wherein the second separator is ‘

&

’

.

6. The method according to claim 1, further comprising the steps of:

if the Internet operating program is not operated, executing a general web browser;

if the general web browser is executed, opening a web page; and

if a button is clicked on the opened web page, opening a linked page.